Immediately after the news came out, Ta Kung Pao published a "notice" written by Lianzhi Ying, the founder and general manager of the newspaper. The article said, "Boycott the United States ... Can we do it alone?" Therefore, following the gentlemen, I have done my duty as a citizen ... Today, unfortunately, our newspaper is in a frenzy of exclusive rights. It is an unopened seal to prohibit scholars from buying and reading and posting by post office, and it is pointed out that this "right" is Yuan Shikai.
In the following days, Lianzhi Ying wrote several articles against American goods and Yuan Shikai, and the retail volume of newspapers increased sharply. Yuan Shikai was helpless. He tried several times to buy Ying Jia with a large sum of money, but he was rejected and had to give up. This anecdote happened at the beginning of last century, which seems to be a microcosm of China newspaper industry, which was still in its infancy and struggling to survive. At this time in China, "there are only twenty newspapers in the north and south, twenty in the south and four or five in the north." Under the direct restraint of the Qing court, the northern newspapers and periodicals were lifeless, mostly flattering, with a circulation of only a few hundred to several thousand.
Therefore, it is no wonder that on the first day of publication, the circulation of this new newspaper exceeded 5,000, which is not a small number. Its founder, Lianzhi Ying, was so happy that he couldn't sleep at night. This new newspaper is printed on frilly paper, with only one side, and the title is in French, which means "selfless". For the moral of Ta Kung Pao, Lianzhi Ying interpreted it as "selfless for the great, selfless for the public". Lianzhi Ying was appointed as the general manager, writer and editor of the newspaper, and he has full right to speak and manage.
In the fifth issue of its inaugural issue, the newspaper published the article "On the Benefits of Returning to Politics" written by Lianzhi Ying, and publicly requested Cixi to withdraw her curtain and return to politics. He denounced Cixi's cronies and military ministers as "resolute traitors, endangering the country and the people" and called those ministers who supported Cixi's return to politics "flattering villains".
After the Qing government killed revolutionaries Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin, Ta Kung Pao also published a special article condemning Xu Xilin for "gouging out his flesh and heart", which was China's "barbaric and brutal act" in the 20th century. Qiu Jin, a woman, was "caught with the strength of a fierce lion fighting with a rabbit" ... without evidence or confession, so she was executed ",which has reached the point of" extremely barbaric and dark ".
In Wan Ma Benteng, Ta Kung Pao was born, relying on the western newspaper model understood by its founder, Lianzhi Ying-"expounding justice, inspiring public opinion, enlightening people and protecting national strength". All of them were writers, and they were very painful when they died, so it was not easy to see their purpose. "
The reporter often deals with officials at all levels, but he has never set foot in officialdom in his life. He said to himself, "He hates being an official all his life." Yan Fu, one of Zeng Zeng's couplets, wrote: "It can make thorns full of people and overlook official positions like mud." Lianzhi Ying was very proud of this, so he framed the couplets and hung them in the nave.
His eyes always pay attention to people's livelihood. Ta Kung Pao is the first newspaper in China to publish news and comments in local dialect for public reading. 1907, Ta Kung Pao launched a fund-raising campaign to help the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and it won 1 1469, all of which were used in disaster areas. In the next ten years, Lianzhi Ying has done this kind of social welfare work many times.
Family members recalled that a beggar suddenly broke into a British family and demanded money. The family tried to take it to the police station, but Lianzhi Ying stopped him. He took some steamed buns from the table, and took out some oceans from his pocket and handed them to people. The beggar knelt on the ground in fear, knocked his head three times, and then turned away. He is committed to "total westernization". Seeing that foreigners all wear suits, I looked for shops to make suits everywhere, made one, put it on and walked all over the street. Just when his family was worried, he came back from outside and complained, "This suit is really not as comfortable as our fancy clothes." When the family looked intently, he put the hanger on his body.
Since Ying Shi, Ta Kung Pao has established the style of "dare to speak". The oldest Chinese newspaper in the world has been published 100 years. For a long time, it faithfully recorded the success or failure of a country. It also left legendary names for the press in China-Zhang Jiluan, Wang Yunsheng, Fan Changjiang and Peng Zigang.
1965438+In February 2003, Lianzhi Ying came to Wenquan Town, Haidian District with his wife and children. In his spare time, he climbed to the top of Xianlong Mountain and looked out. Although it is winter, the hot spring water at the foot of the mountain overflows and flows slowly, steaming, leaving the mountains shrouded in clouds and white. Touched by this scene, Lianzhi Ying was filled with emotion, and could not help reciting Du Fu's poem: "It is warm to open the belly and sing in the wild for a long time." . The heart of water is indisputable, and the care of the cloud is too late. "Later, he found a boulder on the west side of the top of the mountain, and its north wall was as smooth as a knife. Looking at this boulder, Lianzhi Ying thought for a moment, and then left in a hurry. The next day, Lianzhi Ying hired someone to go up the mountain again with pen and ink. He used his spare time the day before to write down the words "the water is flowing, the clouds are there" on the list, and wrote: "He traveled thousands of miles with his wife's son, and even took Du's words as a symbol of abdication in the first month of the following year. "This year, Lianzhi Ying was 47 years old.
In the so-called "I take Du Fu's words as my thoughts", the water cloud is taken from Du Fu's poem: The water is flowing, my heart is quiet, but it doesn't follow the water, and the cloud cares. The cloud stops here, and my thoughts stop here, reflecting a kind of indifferent and quiet realm and thought. Note: The four Chinese characters "Water is flowing, and the clouds are there" are regular and magnificent, with a height of about 1.6 meters. The protection scope and construction control zone of the seventh batch of approved units are also delineated here.
19 17 floods occurred in Beijing and Hebei, and more than 6 million people in 103 county were affected. Lianzhi Ying takes the stage to raise money at the entertainment conference hosted by Ta Kung Pao every day, which is the last contact between Lianzhi Ying and Ta Kung Pao. After the flood subsided, 200 orphans were unclaimed, so President Xu Shichang discussed with the former Qing Royal Interior Office to allocate the Royal Jingyuan to Xiong Xiling and Lianzhi Ying to build charity schools. Before Mao Zedong moved from Xibaipo, Hebei Province to Shuangqing Mountain Villa in Jingyi Garden in 1949, all the facilities and gardens in Xiangshan were owned by charity schools. 1920, Lianzhi Ying founded Jingyi Girls' School in Xiangshan, and later established Fu Ren Society to teach students to "learn literature" and promote Catholicism. Later, with its great social reputation and relationship with the United States, Lianzhi Ying established a public university in Beijing, which was later changed to Fu Jen Catholic University and became the first president. In addition, Lianzhi Ying raises relief money every winter and opens a porridge factory in Xiangshan to help the poor, which has won wide social praise.
1926 65438+ 10/0 Lianzhi Ying died at the age of 59. Its spiritual fulcrum is buried under the tower root of Tower In Cishou Temple in Balizhuang, a western suburb. This is the graveyard of British families. Besides Lianzhi Ying, there are his brothers and others. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Mr. Ying Ruocheng's sister died and was buried here. After liberation, the government expropriated this land, and the tomb of Yinglie was removed, but its whereabouts were unknown. Now it has become a characteristic park in Haidian District-Linglong Garden.