The Heavens: Cross the World

Chapter 120 Goodbye Wang Wu
At the entrance of the Strong Martial Arts Academy, there stood a pretty young student.

She is tall and beautiful, but she dresses like a boy.

At this time, she smiled like a flower, looking at everyone in the courtyard.

Wang Wu couldn't help showing a look of surprise: "Brother Jiujin! You...you've returned to the capital too?"

Jiujin smiled and said: "Yes, I just came back today, the young master went to see Mr. Kang, let me come here first, and bring wine to you, Fifth Master."

She shook the wine jar in her hand and said with a smile: "The young master brought this back from Hunan, and said he wanted to taste it for the fifth master."

Wang Wu immediately felt respected and was full of joy, and said, "Brother Tan is too polite, Zong Sheng, hurry up and get the wine."

The young man who greeted Feng Ji ran over immediately, and said happily, "Brother Jiujin, you came just in time. Our president of Jinmen is also here today, and we will have a big meal tonight."

When Jiu Jin heard the words, his smile was like a flower: "Haha, then I came here by coincidence. Who is the president of your Jinmen? I have heard Wu Ye mention this hero for a long time. I haven't seen Jiu Jin before."

She turned her head to look at the people around her, and when she saw Feng Ji and Zhao Jian, she was taken aback for a moment.

Feng Ji smiled at her: "Brother Jiujin, I think you don't want to see me as a hero."

Jiujin suddenly said in embarrassment: "So it's you, I didn't expect you to be the president of the Strong Martial Arts Association."

"You guys know each other?" Wang Wu was surprised and asked quickly.

Feng Ji smiled: "I met Brother Tan and Brother Jiujin on the train, and we didn't have a very happy chat."

Wang Wu was stunned: "Brother Tan is bold, his righteousness is as small as the clouds, and he is no worse than a hero in the rivers and lakes. How can you not have a happy chat?"

"Political differences."

Wang Wu was puzzled again, and couldn't help but said: "Brother, you don't want to reform? The current situation in the world, only reform can get out of the predicament!"

Feng Ji smiled and asked, "Fifth brother, who are you referring to when you talk about getting out of trouble?"

"Of course it's China!"

Feng Ji clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Well said, I also want to change, I want to make China self-improving and get out of the predicament, but the way is not only the reform and reform."

"Brother Tan and the others, what they want is for the Qing Dynasty to get out of trouble, which is different from what we want."

"Uh...is there any difference?"

"Yes! The Manchus cannot represent the common people, nor can they represent China!"

As soon as this remark came out, the entire audience fell silent, everyone was shocked and turned pale with shock.

Jiujin's face also changed slightly, but for some reason, she sincerely admired the person in front of her.

At the foot of the Son of Heaven, in an important place in the capital, he dared to say such a thing, it is really daring!

But she vaguely felt that what this guy said made sense.

She and the young master have traveled all the way from Hunan, and have seen too many rebels and rebellions.

The young master is a scholar, so he naturally criticized the rioters from the perspective of the court.

But she hasn't read too many books, but she understands a truth, if the people really can't survive, who would want to rebel.

Today, Feng Ji said that the Qing Dynasty could not represent the people, which shocked her, and after careful reflection, she felt quite reasonable.

Wang Wu also froze on the spot, opening his mouth to speak, but didn't know what to say.

He is not a scholar, but he has the righteousness of his family and country in his heart.

If you want to ask him what impression he has of the Qing court, of course he doesn't have a good impression.

His Broadsword Squad, the Black Banner Army he was in, were disbanded by the Qing court.

General Liu Yongfu was sent to Annan to fight for other countries.

Of course he hated the Qing court and officials.

But when he met Tan Sitong, he sometimes felt that there are good officials among the officials.

Brother Tan, Kang Youwei, Yuan Shikai, these are all good officials who care about this country.

But what Feng Ji said today made him suddenly feel contradictory.

Yes, they want to save the country, and it seems to be the Qing court.

They didn't say they wanted to save the people, so why did they have to save the Qing court to save the country?
Wang Wu fell into confusion.

Seeing the seriousness of the atmosphere, Jiu Jin quickly interrupted: "Hey, hey, you, today we are gathering old friends, drinking and nostalgic, why are you talking about national affairs again?"

"If you are like this, how can you make friends? Right, fifth master?"

Wang Wu came to his senses, smiled, and said: "Today, friends gather together and don't talk about state affairs, brother, give me some face."

Feng Ji smiled and said, "Political opinions are political opinions, and friendship is friendship. I can tell the difference."

He turned to look at Jiu Jin, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiu Jin taught me that I think you are more suitable to be friends than your young master."

When Jiujin was praised so much by him, his jade-like face immediately flushed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "Where is it, how can I compare with the young master, our young master is unparalleled in talent and love, and has the world in mind, I am just a ignorant little bastard, Haha, let's not talk about this, Fifth Master, didn't you say please eat?"

Wang Wu suddenly smiled and said: "Yes, yes, today I invite everyone to go to Zuifeng Tower together."

……

In Zuifeng Tower, everyone chatted happily with wine.

Jiujin is really worthy of her name, and she can drink really well, probably she can really drink Jiujin.

Warriors have strong energy and blood, strong physique, and drinking alcohol, it is really difficult to paralyze them.

Therefore, everyone present, except the young Zuo Zongsheng, could drink it.

"Jiu Jin, I haven't seen Brother Tan and you for half a year, what have you guys been doing?"

After drinking for three rounds, Wang Wu asked with a smile.

Jiujin's cheeks were flushed, and he was very glamorous, but he pretended to be a man of pride, and said, "Fifth Master, I went back to my hometown in Hunan with the young master. The young master has devoted himself to writing a masterpiece "Benevolence" in the past six months, advocating political reform. The way, has been shown to the emperor."

"The emperor greatly admires the young master, so he specially asked the young master to come to the capital. I'm afraid it has something to do with the political reform. I don't know the specifics."

"Does the emperor really want to reform?" Wang Wu asked pleasantly.

"It's just that I have this idea. You have to ask the young master about the specific situation. I'm just a servant. How can I know this?" Jiu Jin said helplessly.

Feng Ji couldn't help shaking his head and sighed.

Jiu Jin seemed to have been paying attention to Feng Ji, seeing him shaking his head, he immediately asked curiously: "Brother Feng, you seem to be unimpressed by the reform?"

Feng Ji sighed: "You think the situation in the court is too simple."

"What do you mean?"

Wang Wu, Zhao Jian, Yan Si and others also turned their gazes over.

Feng Ji smiled, and it seemed that because of drinking, he also talked more.

"Reform is of course a good thing, but it depends on who it is for."

"Brother Tan and the others want to learn from the West and carry out reforms based on the constitutional monarchy."

"But do you know what a constitutional monarchy is?"

Almost all the people present were warriors, who would know such a thing.

Even Jiu Jin, who has been with Tan Sitong all year round, cannot understand what a constitutional monarchy is.

Let alone her, even Tan Sitong and Kang Youwei may not have a deep understanding of the constitutional monarchy.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to propose this set of reforms in the country.

They just copied the Western system, thinking that this would change the status quo in China.

As everyone knows, the British constitutional monarchy also has its special background, which is different from the current situation in the Qing Dynasty.

Feng Ji glanced at everyone's puzzled eyes, and said helplessly: "The so-called constitutional monarchy is a kind of state system relative to the autocratic monarchy. On the premise of retaining the monarchy, through constitutionalism, it establishes the sovereignty of the people, limits the power of the monarch, and realizes the management of affairs. ideals of republicanism without adopting a republican form of government."

What he said made everyone dumbfounded again.

I can understand every word, but I can't understand it at all.

Feng Ji thought for a while, then changed the way of saying, and said: "To put it bluntly, it means restricting the emperor's power and delegating it. The emperor will rule but not rule in the future, without great power."

These words were straightforward enough for everyone present to understand.

As soon as Feng Ji finished speaking, Zhao Jian couldn't help but said, "Then the emperor will be happy?"

Jiujin and Wang Wu couldn't understand either.

"The emperor has no power in his hands, so is he still called the emperor? Which emperor would be willing to do this?"

"No emperor can agree to this method, right?"

Jiu Jin suddenly said: "No, then why did our emperor agree to the reform? I heard what the young master said, the emperor seems to approve of the reform they said."

Wang Wu couldn't help saying: "If the emperor can really agree, then he is really a famous emperor through the ages."

Decentralization of imperial power, rule but not rule, may I ask which emperor with great power can do it?

Feng Ji smiled: "Let me ask you, if you had 1000 million silver, would you donate it to the people?"

"Yes!" Wang Wu said directly: "If you don't bring it with you when you die, if you don't take it with you when you die, how long will it take to spend 1000 million taels? It's better to use it to strengthen the country."

Zhao Jian also laughed and said, "I will too, it's only 1000 million."

Feng Ji suddenly smiled and said, "If you have ten taels of silver with you, would you like to end this meal?"

Zhao Jian stared: "The fifth brother agreed to treat you."

Jiu Jin also quickly said: "I only have five taels on me, and the young master rewarded me, so don't look at me."

Feng Ji suddenly laughed: "Look, I said 1000 million taels, and you all donated it without hesitation, but everyone has to decline ten taels of silver. What's the reason?"

Everyone looked at each other, Jiu Jin was the quickest to respond, and said with a smile: "Of course, everyone doesn't have 1000 million taels. Anyone can say anything. If you want to say ten taels of silver, everyone here can take it out. Of course, everyone has to weigh it." one time."

Feng Ji gave her a thumbs up with a smile, and said with a smile: "Jiujin is talented and intelligent, and he can understand with just a little bit."

"That's the same reason. If our emperor is really in power, will he agree to reform?"

"But he has agreed now." Jiu Jin asked.

Feng Ji smiled without saying a word.

Wang Wu understood now, his face was gloomy, and he said, "That's because the current emperor has no power or influence!"

Everyone was shocked, and immediately thought of it.

In today's world, the Empress Dowager listens to the government behind the curtain, and the emperor is just a puppet, he has no power in his hands, and of course he can see whether there is change or not.

Feng Ji smiled and said: "The imperial power is not in the hands of the emperor now. Brother Tan and others are actively advocating reforms to weaken the imperial power. Tell me, who is the most anxious?"

"The Empress Dowager!"

Wang Wu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

"Yes, so it is useless for them to reform the law and get the emperor's consent. On the contrary, it will only cause death."

"The day of reform is the day of danger."

Boom~!

Jiujin's face was pale, the wine glass in his hand fell, his lips trembled, and he looked at Feng Ji: "Feng...Brother Feng, you...are you telling the truth? Master and the others...will be killed?"

Feng Ji took a sip of his drink: "Go back and ask him, and you'll know."

But Wang Wu sighed, drank a full cup, and sighed: "Brother Tan... he won't back down."

Jiu Jin's eyes were slightly red, and he said eagerly: "Brother Feng, Fifth Master, is there any way to save the young master?"

"Leave the capital and don't get involved in these things." Feng Ji directly gave advice.

He really wanted to save Tan Sitong, this patriotic gentleman.

Jiu Jin said in pain: "Impossible, the young master can't agree."

Feng Ji was helpless: "Saving the country is not the only way. He is still too stubborn, and he is too influenced by Kang Youwei."

Feng Ji knew very well that Kang You was such a person that he was not worth entrusting.

In history, after the sacrifice of the Six Gentlemen of [-], Kang Youwei fled abroad.

Originally fleeing abroad was not a scandal, but the bad thing is that this person has been trying to restore the monarchy and opposed the revolution since then.

This is a complete hypocrite, who will become the spiritual leader of the braided army restoration movement in the future, seriously hindering the process of reunification of the country.

After this meal, the rest of the drinks were not enjoyable, and everyone had their own thoughts.

Jiujin drank a little too much, and walked in a daze.

Everyone sent her to rest in the Strong Martial Arts Academy.

The night was as cold as water, and the sky began to snow lightly.

Wang Wu watched the snow falling on the treetops in the courtyard, feeling depressed.

When Feng Ji passed by, he paused slightly, stepped forward, and said, "It's so late, Brother Wu is still awake?"

Wang Wu turned his head and saw Feng Ji, he couldn't help sighing softly: "Since General Liu Yongfu was forced to go to Annan and the Black Banner Army was disbanded, the little fire of hope in my chest has been extinguished."

"When I met Brother Tan and the others outside the customs, the fire in my heart was ignited again. I thought they would be the hope of the country, but after hearing what you said today, my heart... Sigh."

Feng Ji patted him on the shoulder: "Fifth Brother, Brother Tan and the others are indeed heroes for the country and the people. They do have foresight and courage, but they are constrained by the times and trapped by the Four Books and Five Classics, making it difficult to get out."

"China's hope does not lie with them."

Wang Wu said bitterly: "Is there any hope for China? Japan, a small country, can invade the Central Plains. Taiwan and Liaodong were all robbed by Japan. If it weren't for the internal strife among foreigners, Liaodong would not be able to get it back."

"Tell me, do we still have hope?"

Feng Ji looked at Wang Wu and said firmly, "Yes!"

Wang Wu's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help looking at Feng Ji.

Feng Ji pointed to Fang Zhifang and said, "Fifth Brother, if you have time, go to Guangzhou. The Black Banner Army is still there. The revolution over there is different from that here."

"Guangzhou?"

"It's inconvenient to say at the wine table that I'm in Guangzhou and have reorganized the Black Banner Army. Now the Guangzhou Uprising has achieved staged victories."

"The revolutionary party and the reformers have different ideas. They may not be able to find a way out, but they are definitely more suitable for China than the reformers."

"Don't be trapped in the capital, don't count on the Qing government, they will only be a stumbling block on China's way forward."

"China, only by breaking away from the Qing government can it move towards a bright future."

"Fifth brother, no matter what, you must stay useful and fight for the future of China, not for the corrupt Qing court, understand?"

Wang Wu's heart was shaken: "Brother, you... tell me about Guangzhou again!"

……

The next morning, Jiu Jin got up in a daze and stretched himself.

A touch of whiteness at the hem was briefly exposed, she hurriedly covered her clothes, got up and looked around, and said badly to herself.

She was drunk after eating and drinking, which really delayed things. Fortunately, her daughter was not seen by anyone.

After tying up the waist of her trousers, she opened the door, and saw everyone gathered in the yard, and some people cheered loudly.

Looking at the yard full of men surrounded by naked men, Jiu Jin was a little excited, and laughed loudly, "What are you doing?"

She pushed the others away and squeezed inside.

But they saw a large open space in the center of the crowd, Zhao Jian was fighting with Wang Wu's disciples.

This made Jiujin's eyes brighten up. She has been interested in fighting since she was a child.

It is a woman's nature to join in the fun.

"Hey, hey, why are you fighting?"

She ran to Zuo Zongsheng and asked.

Zuo Zongsheng showed a smile on his small face: "What is fighting? It's a sparring. My master said that Zhao Jiaquan can defeat Huo Jiaquan. There must be something unique, so I want everyone to try it."

Jiu Jin quickly looked into the arena, but saw Zhao Jian standing on the ground with both feet, as if they had taken root.

The four or five people behind attacked together, but they couldn't even push him.

With itchy hands, Jiujin shouted, "Count me in."

She turned over, jumped into the crowd, punched Zhao Jian's knee with a punch in the face.

Zhao Jian laughed loudly: "Brother Jiujin, you are ruthless enough."

But seeing Zhao Jian's muscles bulging, his blood vibrating, and his arms suddenly pressed down.

With a bang, Jiu Jin's palm was blocked.

Jiujin's arms were numb, and he kept backing away, with surprise on his face: "Ming Jin? Are you Ming Jin's martial artist?"

Zhao Jian chuckled: "How?"

Jiu Jin shrugged and said, "Then there's no need to fight, I'm still far from Ming Jin."

She withdrew from the circle, came to Zuo Zongsheng, and asked, "Hey, where are Fifth Master and Brother Feng?"

"They went to the Martial Arts Conference."

"What? Martial Arts Competition?"

"Yeah, you were drunk last night. Your young master came to see you this morning, and he brought an invitation card for the Martial Arts Conference. He said that Prince Yi was holding the Martial Arts Conference, so my master dragged the elder brother over there."

Zuo Zongsheng's words made Jiujin's eyes widen, and he quickly said, "Why don't you call me for such a lively thing?"

"When did they leave?"

"Just left for a while, hehe, Brother Zhao said, they are holding a martial arts competition, and we will also have a martial arts performance in the strong martial arts meeting. Those who lose, please drink, nine catties, you just lost."

"What wine to drink? Another day, I'll go to the Martial Arts Competition."

After finishing speaking, Jiu Jin hurriedly pushed through the crowd and trotted all the way.

The martial arts performance meeting, the crowd surged.

Qing soldiers gathered around, and there was a huge terrace in the center, with many tables and chairs around it, and many dignitaries came.

Flags are flying, and people are coming and going.

"It turns out that Brother Feng is actually the president of the Strong Martial Arts Association, so I'm disrespectful and disrespectful."

In front of Feng Ji, a middle-aged man dressed in satin clasped his fists and said with a smile.

Tan Sitong stood beside the middle-aged man and said, "Brother Yuan, President Feng is not only superb in martial arts, but also has extraordinary knowledge."

Yuan Shikai asked in surprise when he heard the words: "Brother Feng is famous?"

Wang Wu hurriedly broke the siege and said: "Brother Yuan, Brother Feng and I are both martial artists, so we don't have any fame."

Yuan Shikai couldn't help smiling, his attitude seemed less eager.

Tan Sitong said: "Brother Yuan, knowledge is life experience, and has nothing to do with whether you have fame or not. Brother Feng, I told you on the train that day. Although you and I have different ways, it does not involve personal friendship. How about it?"

Feng Ji smiled: "It should be like this."

He looked at Brother Yuan next to Tan Sitong many times. This is the famous Yuan Shikai in history.

It's just that Yuan Shikai at this time has just been appointed and is about to go to Tianjin Xiaozhan for training.

Feng Ji looked at him, and thought in his heart, Yuan Shikai was going to train at Xiaozhan, could he have a chance to benefit from it?
(End of this chapter)