Chapter three hundred and eighty fifth in full bloom
"Why am I so haggard in the cell? Because the country is weak and the family is poor. My parents are looking up, waiting for good news;
My wife and children hugged me and lamented bitterly. Even if I am allowed to enter this country, when will I return home rich and prosperous? Since ancient times, wanderers have had many misfortunes, how many of them will celebrate their triumphant return?"
After the Chinese Exclusion Act was announced in the United States, the status of Chinese newcomers to the United States was immediately reviewed. Many people were imprisoned in immigration processing stations.
The immigration processing station on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay once detained hundreds of Chinese newly arrived in the United States. The conditions here were harsh and the interrogation period was long. Many Chinese could not bear the humiliation and chose to commit suicide in order to find relief.
In a dark, damp cell, a Chinese man wrote a farewell poem on the wall with grief and anger, his heart full of despair.
I left my hometown at the age of thirteen and went to study in the United States, thousands of miles away. I lived in a foreign country for ten years. I studied hard and never slacked off for a day, but this was the result!
"The country is closed and broken. The nobles and ministers of the Eight Banners regard the Chinese people as cattle and sheep. They would rather treat outsiders than domestic thieves!
Study hard? Study hard? Serve the country? Even if you study hard and complete junior school, intermediate school, and university education in ten years! So what!
I am too weak to serve my family and my country! It would be better for me to die and be freed by leaving this broken body to be humiliated by foreigners!"
In desperation, Kuang Rongguang, who was once a young boy studying in the United States, refused to accept the call from the Qing government to return to China because he insisted on completing his studies at Yale University. He had just obtained a bachelor's degree in mining from Yale University. However, due to reports from Qing government officials studying in the United States, he and the United States
Affected by the anti-Chinese trend, he was imprisoned and awaited trial by the Americans.
Although the final result of the trial has not yet come out, Kuang Rongguang can already guess the situation he will probably face based on the Qing court's punishment for students who absolutely accepted the summons.
In the seventh year of Guangxu (September 6, 1881), the plan for young children studying in the United States was cancelled. According to the order of the Qing court, a total of 120 students studying in the United States will interrupt their studies and be repatriated to China.
The news spread completely, and it was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the young international students who had lived in the United States for eight or nine years and were exposed to modern social knowledge and cultural influences from outside.
On September 8, 1881, in order to resist the Qing court's order, 11 students studying in the United States left their American families where they were boarding and rushed to the local diplomatic mission established by Han Dynasty to seek asylum.
On September 15, 1881, under the instigation and guarantee of the Chinese consuls, 20 foreign students chose to disobey the Qing court's orders and either continued to stay in the United States to complete their studies, or defected to the Han State, and then transferred to European countries, starting a new era.
path to study.
None of the 120 students studying abroad came from the upper-level ruling class of the Qing court. Likewise, none of the students came from the nobles of the Eight Banners. None of their family members had the opportunity to benefit from the Qing court's ruling system. They studied in the United States and completed their studies.
The way to obtain the qualifications to enter the country was blocked by the Qing court. In addition, under the influence of Western national ideological trends at the end of the 19th century, it was impossible to expect that international students who received modern education would still have a favorable impression and loyalty to the barbaric and backward Qing court.
impossible things.
Young people are still passionate and are easily influenced by new ideas. They are also the group of people who are easiest to be inspired.
In the contrast between Han Dynasty, Western countries and the Qing court, more and more overseas students made decisions contrary to the Qing court's orders. By the end of September, when the chartered ocean-going ships were preparing to take the American students back to China, the Qing court
Officials discovered that out of 120 people, only less than 40 came, and nearly 60 students refused to return to China for various reasons and excuses. (About 20 young children studying in the United States had previously been encouraged by Han Chinese to leave the United States.)
120 people were sent to study abroad, but only one-third of those who came back came back. The Qing court officials responsible for supervising the affairs of foreign students panicked and hurriedly contacted the U.S. government to negotiate the arrest and repatriation of the foreign students stranded in various schools in the United States. In this kind of situation
background,
More than ten people, including Kuang Rongguang, Kuang Xianqiu, Kuang Jingyang, Yang Zhaonan, Huang Jiliang, Lin Peiquan, and Zhou Changling, were arrested by the US government and were imprisoned in cells in San Francisco along with thousands of American workers.
Kuang Rongguang finished writing a farewell poem on the wall, threw away the gravel in his hand, closed his eyes and was about to hit the wall to die, but was firmly stopped by a pair of strong arms.
"Brother, you are so young, why can't you think about it? It's just a matter of staying in the cell for a few days. After a few days, the Americans relax and we can all go out. Why should we commit suicide?"
"Brother Kangnan, a man can bend and stretch. The imperial court may have other reasons for canceling the plan to study in the United States. Even if we cannot stay in the United States to continue our studies, after returning to the Central Plains, we will take the initiative to apologize to the imperial court and admit our mistakes. The imperial court considers that talents are rare.
You won't blame me too much.
Chen Lanbin, Master Chen and Li Hongzhang, Master Li have always cherished talents. As long as we wake up in time, our future future will not be delayed."
"Zhou Changling, open your eyes wide and look at it. Thousands of compatriots died tragically overseas. Not only did the court not uphold justice for overseas Chinese, but it also signed an understanding agreement with the Americans. Such a court still wants me to kowtow to be loyal to him! What a fucking bullshit.
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Xu Zhixuan, who went to the United States to study naval affairs, couldn't stand Zhou Changling's humiliation and scolded him, "Your father worked as a dog for the British in Hong Kong. He relied on the British's influence to send you to study in the United States. Now you are fucked."
You have said good things to the court. When you, father and son, were two wild dogs and bullied your compatriots, why didn't you think about the country and the court?
You hypocritical dog slave, get out of here, if you say one more nonsense, you will be killed immediately!"
Xu Zhixuan's eyes widened in anger, and Zhou Changling was so frightened that he shrank aside and did not dare to say anything.
"The citizens and compatriots have been humiliated to this level and still can't unite! Even if they just survive for a while, what's the point?"
Kuang Rongguang witnessed the quarrel between two classmates and said sadly.
"Brother, what you said is wrong. The Manchu and Tartars have been poisoning the Central Plains for nearly three hundred years. They have tied their hair and changed their clothes, tampered with and destroyed the classics of saints. The people are living in numbness in order to survive. But we, the young people, are lucky enough to go to the sea to see modern civilization and wake up.
As for the national concept, in these troubled times, aspiring young people should step forward and awaken the dormant spirit of the nation! How can we reshape the character of the nation and die because of temporary setbacks and humiliation? "
“The court is without moral principles and the people do not understand justice. How can we see hope?”
"Who said there is no hope? In today's world, is the mainland the only place where the descendants of the Chinese people live?"
"You mean Han, South America?"
"It is precisely this meaning that in terms of hardships and hardships, His Majesty led hundreds of remnant soldiers to revolt to the death. He faced so many hardships and hardships. And to this day, His Majesty and the Chinese people in South America have been based in the La Plata area for fourteen years and have expanded 360
There are more than 10,000 square kilometers, 10 million residents, and 200,000 hot-blooded and courageous Chinese men under his command! Such an achievement, it takes China 5,000 years to do it, how many heroes can do it!"
"Are you from Han, South America?"
"Yes, brother Tu Haitao, following the orders of the superior officials, sneaked into the prison to assist you."
"Trapped in a desperate situation, faced with the calm response of foreigners from South American countries, how many unbearable hardships did His Majesty of Han have to overcome to create the situation that Han in South America is in today?"
Imagining Li Mingyuan’s difficulties and setbacks during his entrepreneurial stage,
Kuang Rongguang suddenly felt that the difficulties he encountered were not only incomparable to Li Mingyuan, but also far inferior to those of the Peruvian Chinese workers who followed Li Mingyuan.
"A seven-foot tall, hot-blooded man is treated as a slave by the Eight Banners Manchus at home, and is insulted and killed by foreigners like a pig or dog overseas. I, Kuang Rongguang, have had enough!
Jing Yang, Zhi Qing, Zi Ming, no matter what you plan, I will never return to China no matter what!"
The country is in ruins and the people are in poverty. The worst that can happen is that they will sacrifice their own blood to rebel against the wretched Manchu Qing court!"
An unprecedented belief took root in his heart. Kuang Rongguang felt as if the blood in his body was boiling, and he was full of hope and strength!
"Aspiring young people bear the hope of the future of the nation. They should stand up and build the backbone of the country with their passion. I have decided to return to Han, South America, and use the knowledge I have learned to contribute to building a paradise for the Chinese."
Power!"
"Brother Rongguang, are you the only one who is an ambitious young man, and we are all cowardly and cowardly? I am a slave of the alien Tartars, even if you don't do it, I will be the one to go to Han in South America!"
"Me too. A real man wants to live a vigorous life. How can he spend his whole life kowtowing and being a slave to the Qing court and foreigners!"
"I have long admired His Majesty the Han Emperor's civil and military skills. Count me in when it comes to going to South America!"
Infected by the emotions of Tu Haitao and Kuang Rongguang, except for Zhou Changling, who lives in Xiangjiang, other students studying in the United States agreed one after another!
"Your Majesty often says that young people are the hope for the future of the country. If young people are strong, the country will be strong. If young people are strong, the country will be strong. If young people are better than the world, the country will be better than the world. You are all promising young people in your prime, passionate and strong.
It is truly a great blessing in life to meet you all!”
"It is also a blessing for us to meet young heroes like Brother Tu."
"That's right..."
"Thank you all brothers for your support. If we can get along, we will talk about it later. For now, it is more important to discuss how to cope with your plan to return!"
"Brother Tu, please tell me, we will listen to your orders!"...
