Be Hong Xiuquan when I was a child.
Outside the Pearl River Estuary, there is a small village, Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province. Binglang Mountain is not high or beautiful, and Lanxi River is not wide or clear. 1866165438+10/2 that night, a boy was born in a humble farmhouse near the village. He is Sun Yat-sen, a great democratic revolutionary who changed the fate of China in the future. At this time, his parents named him Emperor Elephant. The elephant was born in a poor peasant family. Since his grandfather Sun Jingxian, he has been renting out farmland to others for a living. His father, Sun Dacheng, worked in Macau in his early years and has been a tenant farmer since he returned to China. Later, Sun Mei, Sun Yat-sen's eldest brother, made a fortune doing business in Honu Lu Lu badminton, and his family became better.
Sun Yat-sen, like all children from poor families, has been sharing housework since he was sensible, cutting wood, mowing grass and going to the fields. The most interesting thing is to go to the seaside with older children. He can not only pick up small fish and crabs left by low tide, but also harvest many beautiful shells. Sun Yat-sen worked very fast since he was a child, and often finished his work before others did anything. When he does it himself, he will help other friends, especially the weak children.
Although there were no shoes on his feet and only sweet potatoes in his stomach, Sun Yat-sen had many happy times in his childhood. He often goes fishing in the river and plays with the children in the village on the shore. Boys like fighting best. At this time, Sun Yat-sen is of course the leader. In Cuiheng Village, there is a veteran of Taiping Army. Adults dare not go near him without me, but children like to listen to the story of Taiping rebels told by this weather-beaten old man, such as jintian uprising of Hong Xiuquan, Shi Dakai who beat Zeng Guofan out of the water, and Li Xiucheng who smashed the gun. The children listened happily and scratched their heads. Xiaochishan was the most fascinated. The old man of the former Taiping Army also likes this handsome child very much. He often said that the little emperor elephant looks like Hong Xiuquan, hoping to become Hong Xiuquan when he grows up and overthrow the Qing Dynasty. So the children in Cuiheng Village are called Sun Yat-sen and Hong Xiuquan. Since then, children in Cuiheng Village have been playing war games. Not only the officers and men caught robbers, but also the Taiping Army beat soldiers. Sun Yat-sen is naturally the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Hong Xiuquan. After a long time, adults also know the nickname Little Elephant Emperor. Adults will blame the child for coming back a little late at night. Are you playing war with Hong Xiuquan again?
Because of Guangdong's geographical location, the emperor's far away, and the long-term activities of anti-Qing gangs such as triads, people have always been dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and everyone acquiesced in anti-Qing activities and remarks. This kind of living atmosphere made Sun Yat-sen sprout anti-Qing consciousness from an early age, and all kinds of perverse actions of the Qing government strengthened his consciousness. In Guangdong and Fujian, forced by life, many people leave their homes to make a living overseas. Thousands of overseas Chinese have nourished their hometown and motherland with their wealth gained through life and hard work. The corrupt Qing government not only failed to protect overseas Chinese, but regarded them as abandoning the people and discriminated, plundered and persecuted them in every way. Overseas Chinese who earn a little money overseas and get their roots back are often bullied for no reason. When I was a child, Sun Yat-sen met a returned overseas Chinese businessman in the same village. In broad daylight, the shops were looted by bandits, but the local government of the Qing Dynasty turned a deaf ear to this. Looking at the grieving returned overseas Chinese businessmen, the little emperor elephant felt very unhappy.
If this incident only shows the incompetence of the Qing government, then another thing witnessed by the little emperor clearly exposes the cruelty, ruthlessness and greed of the Qing government. There are also three brothers, Li Cuicun, who made some money in San Francisco and went back to their hometown to buy real estate. They also built a small garden where all the children in the village can play. This used to be a paradise for Sun Yat-sen and his friends. However, suddenly one day, a group of peak sexually Qing soldiers broke into the village, took the Li brothers, copied their home and sealed the small garden. Sun Yat-sen felt very wronged and asked loudly. The leading official didn't say anything, so he drew his sword and stabbed. Fortunately, Sun Yat-sen flashed and escaped. It turned out that the property of the Lee brothers aroused the greed of local officials, so they put the Lee brothers in prison on trumped-up charges and invaded their property. Later, Li's three brothers were executed, and two of them disappeared. This incident deeply hurt Sun Yat-sen's young mind in his childhood. From then on, he seemed to understand why Hong Xiuquan rose up against the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
Buying books is more important than buying vegetables.
Sun Yat-sen loved reading all his life. When he was studying in England, one day, several foreign students from China went to see him together and found that his life was too bitter to eat. Before leaving, these international students pooled 40 pounds and gave them to Sun Yat-sen to subsidize their living.
Three days later, these international students went to see Sun Yat-sen again. They came to the door of Sun Yat-sen's dormitory and knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered. Forget it, the teacher is probably not here. Let's come again next time. A girl said.
Wait a minute. I'll knock. A young man who is not tall or short said. He knocked hard for a while before Sun Yat-sen opened the door. Sun Yat-sen said shyly, please forgive me. I am reading a book. No, I didn't hear you knocking. Please come in!
When they entered Sun Yat-sen's dormitory, they found the desk full of new books. It is said that these books will cost about 30 pounds. They thought it was very strange, so they asked Sun Yat-sen, "You don't even have enough money to eat, and you still have money to buy books?" ?
I bought it with the money you gave me, and there is still 10 left!
You should buy more delicious food and don't waste time. Don't ruin your health. Sun Yat-sen said with a smile: I think buying books is more important than buying vegetables.
The determination to transform China
When Sun Yat-sen was a child, he went to a village by the sea.
One day, he asked several friends to kick shuttlecock in turn, and everyone came to participate in the competition. After playing for a long time, older children can stop hitting their children. The older child got angry and hit the younger one. Sun Yat-sen said to the boss: You are older than him, but you are stronger than him. Don't bully him!
Once upon a time, many pirates robbed the village. Sun Yat-sen saw with his own eyes that pirates smashed the door of a family and took away many boxes, which made the family cry. Sun Yat-sen wondered why China had no law to protect his family from bandits: Sun Yat-sen was determined to transform China.
When he grew up, Sun Yat-sen led the Revolution of 1911 and became a great politician in the history of China.