Two days later, Yuan Su personally came to the guard regiment prison where the students who had been arrested for rioting and the thugs were detained. Originally, the guard regiment did not have a prison. It was recently set up to prepare for military trials and investigate military corruption.
I entered a prison. Unexpectedly, the military personnel had not yet entered the prison, but these students and thugs became the first batch of residents.
The reason why Yuan Su came to the prison was not to visit the prison, but just to find out what useful information had been obtained from these people during the interrogation, and to see who the arrested people were. The party members can naturally be identified at a glance.
He was like a hooligan, neither sitting nor standing. He didn't care about being imprisoned. Instead, he thought he had done an extremely great thing. Almost everyone had a look of pride in their eyes.
The students were still very excited. Although they were all still wearing their student uniforms, most of them were torn apart in the conflict. They sat in the cells with very determined expressions. It is said that from time to time they would give speeches to other people in the prison, and
Or they encouraged each other and insisted on carrying the revolutionary cause to the end. Especially when they heard that there was an order in the city that if students did not resume classes within three days, they would be expelled directly from school, which made them even more angry.
When passing by the prison cell here, some students saw Yuan Su patrolling surrounded by people. Although they did not know Yuan Su personally, they could guess that this person must be a high-ranking official, so everyone seemed to be ignited with anger.
, stood up one after another and came to the edge of the cage, yelling at Yuan Su.
"The lackey, the lackey of the empire!"
"We, the Republic of China, were defeated at the hands of you lackeys!"
"You will inevitably become the sinners of history. It is hateful and infuriating that our Chinese nation has scum like you. This is why our Greater China still suffers from foreign bullying. It is all caused by you autocrats who only care about personal interests."
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"Why should you fire us? Aren't you just afraid of us?"
The students' voices were fierce, and spittle flew everywhere.
The staff accompanying Yuan Su immediately stepped forward to scold him, and several prison guards even waved their batons and knocked on the fence, forcing the students to step back.
Yuan Su raised his hand and asked the staff and prison guards to step back. His expression was very cold, and he looked around at everyone with a cold look, and then said: "Do you think I will discuss the issues of the national system with you? You are now
If you don’t even know why you were arrested, how can you still talk about the nation and the future?”
One student said in a sonorous voice: "Humph, we were caught here precisely because you are afraid of the new forces like us. You deliberately avoid talking about the issues of the national system. It is nothing more than a guilty conscience. You know what you are doing now."
Because it will cause endless disasters, I dare not talk about it."
Yuan Su smiled and said: "Do you really think that everyone in the world is a fool? If you really make me feel afraid, then it won't be you who are locked up here, but me."
Yuan Su's words made the students a little surprised, but everyone quickly understood that Yuan Su's words were not serious at all.
Another student said nonchalantly: "You are just self-righteous, we don't care about what you say."
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Yuan Su's face returned to coldness, and his tone became more serious: "If you really have your own ideas, I would admire you very much, but it's a pity that all your ideas are learned from other people. What is yourselves?
What are some of the things you came up with on your own? Is it the truth to follow what others say? Let me tell you, the reason why you are here today is not because of any bullshit, but because you have broken the law."
The students were dismissive and shouted: "The laws are made by you authoritarians. In your eyes, any behavior that cannot satisfy your own interests is a violation of the law. We don't care about the laws you have made. These laws are shackles."
, is slavery, is flogging. Only the law voted by the people in a referendum is the real law."
Looking at these superstitious young students, Yuan Su couldn't help but worry about China's future. However, he also knew that he and these idealists were not from the same world. Since they were not from the same world, they did not even share the same language.
The meaning, even the earnest advice, will not have any effect at all. Just as he thought yesterday, these young students can only see the more objective truth by jumping out of this circle, and only after personal experience can they know how to distinguish right from wrong.
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But for the students' extreme thoughts, he couldn't help but lectured him coldly: "If you are really educated people, then you should understand a truth. Whether it is the current law or what you call the whole people
The laws of the referendum, even the laws of European and American countries that you admire, will never allow you to maliciously attack other innocent people."
These words have some weight. Even though these young students are so fanatical that they have lost most of their rationality, the principles of the rule of law are still acceptable. Everyone's momentum has weakened slightly, but everyone is still firm in their hearts.
Unwilling to admit defeat. In other words, unconvinced.
"Huh, it's obviously you... you started the attack first... we were forced to defend ourselves..." One student was so anxious that he had to deliberately distort the facts to find an excuse for himself to have an advantage.
But as soon as these words came out, the expressions of other students changed. After all, they were caught here naturally because they were at the front during the riot, and they knew the cause and course of the riot.
Clearly. Telling lies with your eyes open is simply asking for self-disgrace.
But after all, this time required a unanimous statement, so everyone had no choice but to show surprised expressions, but no one spoke up to remind them, just hoping that this lie could get away with it.
"This is why I said before that you don't even know the reason why you were arrested, so what qualifications do you have to talk about national affairs. You always think that you are self-righteous, keep talking about revolution, and put yourself on the stand of justice.
But you don't even have the most basic honesty, is this justice? Does your so-called revolution teach you to lie and cheat?" Yuan Su said contemptuously.
"You, you're talking nonsense..." The former student was still trying to argue.
"Zhao Ming, stop talking. He is right. If we don't even have the most basic honesty, how can we have a revolution? Revolution requires us to be honest with each other, and the purpose is to establish an open and honest new government. If you are wrong, you are wrong.
Yes, we must admit our mistake." An older student looked a little embarrassed, but he still interrupted the previous student frankly.
"You still have some backbone." Yuan Su said calmly.
"I will not follow your example. Although we have done something wrong, there is no bloodless revolution in the world. If you are still unwilling to abolish the monarchy, then we must take more drastic actions. My behavior is wrong.
But I don’t think our purpose is wrong either. So, I still have a clear conscience.” The older man from the school still said forcefully.
"Since you have your own ideas, I know that what I say now is useless. So I will stop here and leave the right and wrong until later to comment. What I can communicate with you now is about expulsion from school and
No." Yuan Su changed the subject without hesitation.
"Why do you fire us? Don't think that we are afraid of you."
"That is, the revolution will never be overthrown. If you expel us today, there will still be people in the school who will spread revolutionary doctrines and ideas. I don't believe you can stop all students."
"Unless you close the schools directly. Without education, how can China get ahead?"
"If the purpose of firing you was to stop the revolution, you would have packed up and returned to your hometown a few months ago." Yuan Su calmly interrupted everyone's controversy.
Although Yuan Su's words had little power, no one could argue with them.
"You also know that studying has not been an easy task since ancient times, especially during the feudal period. Studying was a privilege. Now that the country has opened up and opened public schools and Western schools, what is the purpose? It is to change the previous privileges of studying.
This phenomenon allows more people to have the opportunity to study, change your thinking, and open up the people's wisdom. But look at what you students have done in the past ten days? Okay, go on strike and participate in demonstrations. I won't stop you. But
Not only are we on strike now, but we are also maliciously hurting and destroying people. After so many years of studying, we have handed over a group of polite gangsters. Are you worthy of the school and teachers?"
"Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. If you don't change it now, you will only cause endless troubles."
"Yes, the consequences are endless."
"I said, I will only talk to you about the most practical issues. Since you are on strike and do not study, will the vacant classrooms, desks, and books just sit idle? Instead of wasting educational resources like this, why not give them to others who want to study?
opportunities? Do you know how many people of the same age hope to change their lives and hope to change their lives through reading? In one sentence, have you ever felt that you have done the right thing in this matter?" Yuan Su
The voice became stronger and more severe.
Several students were speechless for a moment, unable to find an excuse to defend themselves.
"The fact that you don't speak means that you still have some self-awareness. Based on this, I will give you another chance. If you agree to resume classes, I can immediately order your release. What I ask for is not much, I just hope that you will cherish your studies.
Opportunities. It is not for revolution or righteousness, but to be worthy of the books in your hands. As long as you read the books well, you will be able to educate more people in the future. This is the real hope of China. Education
It should not be mixed with politics. As for your political ideas, you can concentrate on them after class or after graduation." Yuan Su said seriously, and when he said the last sentence, he didn't even have the harshness and anger before.
The students looked at each other with regretful expressions on their faces, but none of them spoke.
"You think about it carefully. If you think about it carefully, you can tell me at any time." After Yuan Su said these words, he did not stop and left the prison with his men.
After Yuan Su left, the students in the prison felt a little melancholy.
"Lin Zhou, tell me, what should we do now?" Student Zhao Ming asked with a timid face and no energy at all.
"If we are really expelled, this matter will be really big. If we don't study, what will we do in the future?" Another student said very worriedly.
"If we don't study here, we can go elsewhere. We can go to Guangzhou, we can go to Kunming. We can participate in the revolution and study at the same time. How good is it to kill two birds with one stone? We can't give up because of what that dog official said. He is just
They are deliberately inducing us to give up our current revolutionary beliefs." Another student said with great emotion.
"However, that person didn't seem to say anything about stopping us from participating in the revolution. He just... just didn't want us to waste the opportunity to study. I think what he said was not wrong. We are already at a disadvantage now. If we are expelled again, ugh
, I really don’t know what it will be like.” Another student said.
"Lin Zhou, please tell me. We all listen to you. Whether you continue to persevere or go back to school, you just say something and we will follow you."
"Yes, yes, for you."
Lin Zhou was the oldest student before and the person who had direct contact with the revolutionaries during this student movement. Naturally, he was also the most steadfast revolutionary. However, at this time, he was not like the usual person in school.
He was resolute and decisive, but in the face of the trust and expectations of his classmates, he suddenly became hesitant.
Although he firmly believes that revolution will save China, he is not completely irrational. The unexpected turmoil that occurred this time was really uncalled for and completely destroyed the image of revolutionaries in the hearts of the people. Furthermore, although the officer just now did not know that he was
Whatever his background, he has always been reasonable. Even if he hates these Beiyang minions extremely, he cannot be blind enough to kill all the people in Beiyang. This would make him unreasonable.
"Lin Zhou, you are talking."
"We are students, so we cannot neglect our studies. Alas, to be honest, I don't know what to do now." Lin Zhou said helplessly.
"What, I didn't say I won't study, I just changed my studies to another place." The previously agitated student said very dissatisfied.
"Change a place, you can change it if you want. Not to mention going to Kunming, there is no travel expenses to Guangzhou, and besides, there are parents at home, so are you willing to leave your hometown like this?"
"Then what should we do? What should we do?"
"Let me think about it again, think about it again. Oh!" Lin Zhou asked everyone to calm down. After he finished speaking, he slowly walked back to the corner of the cell and sat down again, his face hesitant and difficult to make a decision.