Regarding Su Yonglin's question, Zhang Shi responded without hesitation.
"There is no doubt that it is their fault. They made unforgivable mistakes, violated the rules of the society, violated our common ideals, and began to pursue personal enjoyment and power. They are no different from those scholar-bureaucrats in the Southern Song Dynasty."
Zhang Shi’s understanding is acceptable.
From his point of view, he joined the Fuxing Society for the ideal of a Datong society. In his eyes, there was no difference between the corruption of the Confucian scholar-bureaucrats who were supposed to pursue the Datong society and the corruption of the Fuxing members.
They are all shameful, they are all betrayers, they are all shameless people who chose to retreat in the face of reality.
He despised these people.
Su Yonglin nodded and patted Zhang Shi on the shoulder.
"Jingfu, you are right. They have violated their ideals, only care about themselves, and pursue power and status. They are no different from those scholar-bureaucrats who talk about benevolence, justice, and morality. And the real revolutionaries will definitely draw a clear line with them, right? ?”
"Absolutely."
Zhang Shi nodded, and Su Changsheng nodded along with him.
Zhang Shi's words brought a bit of comfort to Su Yonglin, and also made Su Yonglin firm up his thoughts.
He believed that he had been somewhat wishful thinking before, thinking that people who were not revolutionaries could become revolutionaries through education, and that revolutionaries could be trained through blood and fire fighting.
Now think about it, revolutionaries may never be educated simply through education, and people who have experienced bloody battles may not become revolutionaries.
Which of the founders of the past dynasties has not experienced blood and fire?
This is never a prerequisite for awakening.
It would be better to say that after awakening, you will have the courage to fight with blood and fire.
In reality, quite a few people learn and awaken on their own.
They completed self-awakening in the face of the tragic reality, or completed the awakening through other unexpected ways, putting their ideals above life, and thus became revolutionaries who changed the world.
All in all, Su Yonglin feels that there is no unified path for the awakening of revolutionaries. Everyone's way of awakening will not be exactly the same. Of course, there is always an environment suitable for their awakening.
And without the link of self-awareness, some people may look like it, but they are never revolutionaries.
For some people, revolutionary actions are actually an operation of changing the king's flag at the top of the city. They may view the actions of their revolutionary comrades as "grabbing money, food, and women," but the order is different.
No matter how much theory this kind of people learn, it is meaningless. The richer the theory and the richer the experience, the stronger their ability to make money and power will be in the future, and the more they can reach high positions.
Thinking about it this way, Su Yonglin felt that he was lucky. At least the important comrades around him were revolutionaries, such as Xin Qiji and Kong Maojie. They had all completed the important step of self-awakening and had always adhered to their ideals.
But how many idealists are as firm as them in the entire team he led?
In other words, how many of those guys are pretending that they don’t even know that they are not awakened at all?
This country cannot live without idealists.
Without the support of idealists, despicable realists will only drag this country into the abyss of magical realism.
Realists always ridicule the naivety of idealists, trying to use childlike playfulness to define the value of idealists. But without the persistence of idealists, there is no lower limit for realists.
The most unbelievable thing in the world is the "reality" in the mouth of the realists. This is just like the "true love" in the mouth of the King of the Sea and the Queen of the Sea. It is just a shameless lie.
But thinking about it, Su Yonglin's heart became increasingly heavy, because he discovered that he had no stable way to obtain fresh blood of idealists.
It was difficult for him to ensure that he could continue to attract young idealists to follow in his footsteps and continue to move forward.
So what will the future of the Ming Dynasty look like a hundred years from now?
During this meal, Su Yonglin ate a lot, and rarely drank a lot. He felt a little overwhelmed by the alcohol, so he went to rest after the meal under the arrangement of Zhang Shi and Su Changsheng.
After settling Su Yonglin, Zhang Shi and Su Changsheng looked at each other, and each could see the worry in each other's eyes.
Su Yonglin was awake just now, and there were some things they didn't dare to say, but it didn't matter now.
"The chairman is right. This has just begun. I felt that the chairman has taken too big a step. He can wait for a few years before abdicating, or simply become a symbolic monarch. There is no need to completely depose the emperor. The emperor has existed for more than a thousand years, and it is not easy to completely depose him."
Su Changsheng shook his head: "Fortunately, Jiangnan is relatively stable now, and the instability is mainly in the Central Plains. Otherwise, I feel that the chairman will not be able to handle this situation. He will have to travel to many places."
Zhang Shi smiled.
"Do you, an old man from Jiangnan who started his career with the Chairman, also have opinions on the Chairman's policies? Don't you support it?"
"Don't set a trap for me."
Su Changsheng waved his hands repeatedly: "I have been running the Skynet Army and the Renaissance Society in Jiangnan since the second year after I became Chairman of the Army. I have nothing to do with those people in Shandong and know nothing about them. They have never cared about me. Please don't slander me. "
"Why are you slandering you..."
Zhang Shi smiled bitterly and said: "I don't think there is anything wrong with what the Chairman did. I have read all of the Chairman's articles. I have read the discussion on the relationship between imperial power and civil rights many times. I think it is very subtle. That's why the Chairman hates imperial power." I don’t find it strange to depose the emperor.”
"That is the emperor, the emperor of the world."
Su Changsheng sighed: "To be able to throw such power away like a piece of shit, what exactly is the Chairman pursuing? I think it is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. Apart from admiration, it is unbelievable. As for what Ming Dynasty will become in the future, I have no idea what it will be like." I no longer know."
"Whether it's good or bad, that's not something we can decide."
Zhang Shi sighed: "I just want the Ming Dynasty to be stable and not have anything big happen, so that I can finish the last year of my term in peace."
"According to the chairman's words, it is very likely that you will be promoted to Zhongdu."
Su Changsheng joked: "The situation has been strange this year. No one of us can say for sure what will happen. We don't know who will fall. If you are lucky, what important position will you hold in Gaosheng High School? You need to support me more."
"That's enough for you."
Zhang Shi had a bitter look on his face: "Who knows what the situation will be like in a year? To be honest, I am a surrendered minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is fine to stay in this three-acre land in the south of the Yangtze River and not attract much attention. But if I go to Zhongdu , who knows what will happen?”
"Isn't this happening sooner or later?"
Su Changsheng smiled and said, "You shouldn't say that you don't dare to go to Zhongdu, right?"
Zhang Shi sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"I thought there would be many like-minded comrades working together to build a Datong society in Ming Dynasty."
"Indeed, there are many, many people working hard. You should be able to see the changes in Hangzhou."
"I know this, but I didn't expect that there are many people who share the same party and oppose dissidents and conspire against others."
"There's nothing I can do about it, and I'm also very distressed."
Su Changsheng sighed: "I don't know since when, our old brothers have changed. They have changed a lot and very quickly. Of the more than 700 people who went north together, less than half died on the battlefield. .
But the number of people who have been captured one after another over the years is almost catching up with the number of people who died in battle. I can't figure out why they have to do such a thing. It hurts their relatives and makes their enemies happy. Are they happy? "
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