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"In order to strive for a dignified end to the "Jiao'ao Incident", the Japanese government had accepted Yuan Shikai's request in advance to arrest Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionaries and hand them over to the Chinese government. On November 8, 1914, news was obtained from Japanese friends that Sun Yat-sen was on board a ship

Leaving Japan. The next day, the cruise ship Sun Yat-sen took arrived at the port of Kobe. The chief steward of the Kobe Water Police Department led a police team to board the ship to search. The captain was an old friend of Sun Yat-sen.

He cleverly hid Sun Yat-sen in a small room in the captain's office. The captain asked the chief of police:

"What's up?"

"Captain, let's search for a passenger named Sun."

"The one with the surname Sun? We didn't notice this fake boat passenger."

"The former president of China is on the run on this ship. The captain cannot hide it!"

"Won't."

The captain raised one hand, shook it, and continued, "I know President Sun. I met him when he came to Japan as a state guest. If he takes this ship, I will not miss him."

The captain then opened the door of the office and let the officers in. He said calmly:

"Please sit down first. I will check the roster for you. If you still have any doubts, please search."

"Captain, while we're checking the passenger list, we also have to search. It won't take long."

said the chief of police.

The police officers searched the ship for three hours, even searching the anchor store, but could not find the passenger named Sun. The only exceptions were the captain's office and the cabin, because to search the captain's office, there must be an order from the command post.

Moreover, the captain invited them to drink tea in advance.

Sun Yat-sen survived this difficulty without any danger. Ten days later, the cruise ship arrived in Hawaii. Despite the protests of the Chinese government, the U.S. government could not prevent Sun Yat-sen, an "American citizen born in the United States," from entering, let alone the U.S. government.

Responsibility for handing over its own citizens to the Chinese side. As a result, Sun Yat-sen entered the United States and successfully evaded pursuit by the Chinese side."

"The Washington Post" December 15, 1914 - "The Escape of the Eastern Revolutionary Leader"

After the failure of the "Second Revolution", Sun Yat-sen went into exile again. For Sun Yat-sen, this was undoubtedly the most difficult and lonely period in his revolutionary career. Japan, which once supported his revolution, stopped

They supported him and even wanted to arrest him and hand him over to China. In the end, he had no choice but to flee again.

At this time, Sun Yat-sen and others were not only under heavy psychological pressure because of their political and military defeats, but they were also facing difficulties in life, and even had difficulty in food and clothing. In ordinary times, Sun Yat-sen often ate sweet potatoes and drank sweet potato soup.

Life is extremely simple.

Sun Yat-sen witnessed the revolutionaries going into exile in foreign countries, living a life of hunger and cold, but as the leader of the party, he was unable to help, and he felt deeply guilty. In a letter to the Nanyang revolutionaries, he described: "The exile

The revolutionaries in the United States are in dire financial straits and have too much food and clothing to take care of. I hope the Nanyang revolutionaries will quickly raise funds to help solve their difficulties..."

The Chinese Revolutionary Party has been in a difficult situation since its birth. The reorganization of domestic and foreign branches has not progressed smoothly, and the fundraising work has not achieved much results. Sun and Huang broke up, and the European Affairs Research Association was established.

, which led to a further split between the two, and the revolutionary party encountered extreme difficulties in raising funds at home and abroad.

Especially during the "Jiao'ao Incident", the Revolutionary Party's attitude of cooperation with Japan made overseas Chinese even more angry. For a time, the Revolutionary Party found itself in extreme difficulties overseas. In such adversity, many Revolutionary Party members

They were all dejected and expressed deep worries about the future of the revolution.

However, Sun Yat-sen disagreed with this and was still full of confidence in the future of the revolution. He urged the revolutionaries to cheer up, restore the indomitable and repeatedly rising revolutionary spirit during the Tongmenghui period, and continue to fight for the revolutionary cause. He warned his comrades

Said: "You can neither be discouraged by failure nor shrink due to difficulties. Concentrate your energy and move forward vigorously, in line with the trend of world progress and in line with the natural principles of the ebb and flow of good and evil, and you will eventually succeed one day. Even if

If you are unable to achieve it, there will surely be those among the 400,000 people who hear the news and rise up."

At the same time, Sun Yat-sen always focused his main energy on armed struggle. He continued to travel around the United States to raise military expenditures and organize forces to instigate a domestic uprising against Yuan. The middle- and lower-class party members with more radical ideas even advocated the implementation of "assassinations."

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Just like in the late Qing Dynasty, under the despair of the revolutionaries who had been repeatedly frustrated by the revolution, a strange argument suddenly became widespread, that is, if all the powerful officials of the Qing court were to be assassinated, and one less one would be killed, the revolution would be

Success is not far away. For those middle- and lower-class party members with radical ideas, political assassination seems to have once again become a powerful weapon to "overthrow Yuan Shikai."

For a time, in Hawaii, where hundreds of revolutionaries gathered, Chinese-language magazines and newspapers were all advocating articles about "continue the revolution and assassinate important officials." Assassination is a personalistic revolution and a low-cost method.

revolution.

However, for Sun Yat-sen, unlike the middle- and lower-class party members who advocated assassinations, he neither opposed nor supported assassinations. However, as a revolutionary, he did not mind encouraging people's hearts through assassinations. In the United States, Sun Yat-sen

In the process of running around and giving speeches to the Chinese to raise military funds, the overseas Chinese who once supported the revolution were unexpectedly indifferent, and even the "Zhi Gong Tang" closed the door to them.

"Li Zicheng!"

In an apartment in San Francisco, Sun Yat-sen, who was writing an article exposing Yuan Shikai's true nature, suddenly stopped writing. When he saw these three words written in the article, he frowned.

Whether it is Sun Yat-sen or Yuan Shikai, they are too far away for overseas Chinese, but Li Zicheng is very close to them. He is also a member of the overseas Chinese. Even now, overseas Chinese in the United States are still proud of them.

Because of this, they instinctively tend towards Li Zicheng psychologically.

No matter how Yuan Shikai's "face" is exposed, for those overseas Chinese, they have great trust in Li Zicheng, the "pride of overseas Chinese", not only because of his performance in the "Jiao'ao Incident", but more importantly

Yes, in the past two years, he has shown concern for overseas Chinese.

In the United States, a considerable number of overseas Chinese make a living by opening laundries. In China, the work of washing clothes is done by women at home. Men generally do not wash clothes, and there is no such business as a laundromat. That is,

It is said that the so-called "Chinese laundry rooms" run by Chinese workers are completely unique in the United States. The reason why Chinese men want to engage in this kind of work that they are completely unfamiliar with is purely out of necessity. Because it does not take much to open a laundry room.

It costs a lot of money and does not require too complicated technology. As long as you work hard, making a living should not be a problem. So, signs of "Chinese Laundries" began to appear everywhere in the city. Gradually, the Chinese relied on hard work and low prices.

The charges have made some achievements in this industry.

Opening a laundry room is a very hard job. First of all, you have to scrape together the capital from relatives and friends, or some people organize together to contribute some money to form a fund, and loan the money to one of the members every year. In this way,

Each member can basically wait in line for a considerable loan to start his or her own business. Once the capital is obtained, the "Chinese Laundry" is opened, and the next step is to work hard.

The general laundry room is the one in front of the store and in the back. The owner of the laundry and his partners or employees all live in a small room at the back of the store. Every morning, when work starts, there are people constantly going out to pick up the guests' dirty clothes, sheets, etc.

The other few people wash, iron, iron, and starch from morning to night. As soon as one batch is washed, the next batch arrives. Most of the time, there is no time to rest at all. Lunch is basically hasty, and dinner is often not available until late at night.

Eat it.

Working non-stop like this all day is almost like a slave. Since most of the work has to be done while standing and the irons are very heavy, many laundry workers suffer from back pain at a young age. In addition, due to the long hours of work throughout the day,

Living in a laundry from morning to night, laundry workers live a completely isolated life. Many people stay in that small shop for several years.

Leaving their hometowns, facing monotonous and boring work, overwork, small space for activities, and a serious lack of women around them, many laundry workers are struggling in this inhumane environment. The belief that supports their lives is to save some money.

Return home in rich clothes, return to your family, and let them live a better life. However, the fact is that very few laundry workers can achieve their ideal return home in rich clothes.

But even so, "Chinese Laundries" are still open all over big cities in the United States. In New York, "Chinese Laundries" are almost everywhere in the streets of the city. At this time, Chinese people in the United States are opening laundry rooms or "Chinese Laundries".

The Chinese working in the laundry together account for more than a quarter of all Chinese immigrants. It is the laundry that supports overseas Chinese in the United States.

Two years ago, when Lianyungang produced the first batch of washing machines and new irons, thousands of washing machines, dryers and lightweight irons were provided to overseas Chinese in the United States through Zhigongtang before they were put into the market.

In the past two years, self-service washing machines and dryers have also been put into Chinese laundry rooms in the United States, benefiting tens of thousands of overseas Chinese.

It can be said that for overseas Chinese, they are more willing to believe in Li Zicheng who has brought them benefits, so when Li Zicheng stands on Yuan Shikai's side, the vast majority of them will naturally not believe in the exposed "dictatorship"

What's more, in his opinion, China seems to be better now than in the past.

China defeated Japan and its international status seems to have improved. Isn't this the purpose of revolution? Since the purpose has been achieved, why do we need revolution? Compared with washing the "six-cent" clothes by hand, it is tiring.

The money they saved after breaking their waists was used to buy "revolutionary bonds" that would be cashed out in unknown years. They were more willing to buy bonds issued by the central government or industrial bonds issued by Huaihai Bank. Those bonds paid interest every year, and they were relatively

Rather than "revolutionary destruction," those bonds were used for national construction.

Soong Ching Ling, who was reading the telegram and letter, could clearly see that Sun Yat-sen, who had his back turned to her at this time, seemed to be thinking about something. He started assisting the eldest sister as Sun Yat-sen's secretary last year, and then officially served as Sun Yat-sen's English secretary last September.

After that, she has been diligently helping Sun Yat-sen in his work, taking on all the arduous daily tasks of organizing documents, handling correspondence, providing information, and completing them extremely well.

Especially after Sun Yat-sen went into exile in the United States, Soong Ching Ling, who had studied in the United States for many years, understood Americans and the United States. She always tried her best to help the Chinese revolutionary leader. In the common fighting life, she saw Sun Yat-sen

For decades, her noble character of not being afraid of dangers, working tirelessly, and not seeking personal gain for the revolution cannot help but admire her infinitely. Inspired and influenced by Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary spirit, she has a deeper understanding of many practical and theoretical issues in the Chinese revolution.

With great improvement, her revolutionary confidence and enthusiasm have also been greatly enhanced. When she worked with Sun Yat-sen, she often felt a fiery passion burning in her heart. She once wrote to her sister Soong Meiling who was studying in the United States:

"I have never been so happy. I think this kind of thing is what I have wanted to do since I was a little girl. I am really close to the center of the revolutionary movement."

She also said to herself silently:

"I can help China, and I can also help Mr. Sun. He needs me."

In the pain of repeated failures and the lonely life of exile overseas, Sun Yat-sen also received comfort from Soong Ching Ling's support, encouragement and help. It can be said that during these difficult and difficult years, Sun Yat-sen has always received support and encouragement from Soong Ching Ling.

This is especially true in the face of the current difficulties.

When sending the compiled telegrams and letters to Sun Yat-sen, Soong Ching Ling looked at Mr. Sun, whose face was full of annoyance, and asked with concern.

"Mr. Sun, what are you thinking about?"

The corner of his eye fell on the speech, and Song Qingling suddenly saw the three words "Li Zicheng". That's right, it was him. The only person who could make Mr. Sun so troubled was this man who was not in the United States but was in the United States.

A very influential figure in the United States.

After the "Zhang Yuan Case", people initially accused Yuan Shikai of having ulterior motives. At that time, the revolutionaries in the United States, including Mr. Sun, privately "celebrated" this "dog eat dog" type of internal strife.

And he regretted his fate endlessly.

Even Li Zicheng's enemies can hardly accuse him. Most of the time, he occupies the highest moral point, but Soong Ching Ling knows that for the revolutionary party, Li Zicheng is "no less than" Yuan Shikai

The great treacherous thief.

There were also people at the middle and lower levels of the Revolutionary Party who advocated the assassination of this "big traitor". However, after the news came that he had been stabbed, except for a few radicals who applauded, more people fell silent, and Mr. Sun also

Secretly worried, in the end, just as Mr. Sun feared, after blaming Yuan Shikai, starting from Liang Qichao, people pointed the finger at the exiled revolutionary party and Mr. Sun.
To be continued...