The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

"Hey!"

A blue and white porcelain vase was smashed to the ground and smashed to pieces.

Puyi completely lost his usual elegant demeanor. He had blue veins on his forehead, and his swollen neck looked thin and long. He pointed at the eunuchs, guards and maids in the mansion and cursed: "They are all wine bags and rice bags. What are you doing for food?" The concubine has been missing for more than half a month, and she can't even find her shadow! Get out, get out!"

"Your Majesty, calm down," Wanrong advised softly, "Why don't you contact the Erdette family and ask them to help you find it too."

"Shut up!" Puyi snapped, "Don't let Wenxiu's natal family know, this is a scandal! It's completely embarrassing for my ancestors in the Qing Dynasty! The culprit is you Wanrong, you don't usually bully Wenxiu. Now, can she run away from home? Ah! Tell me!"

Wanrong was reprimanded for no reason, and naturally felt uncomfortable. But she was soft-tempered and didn't want to argue with Pu Yi face to face, so she planned to withdraw quietly with a dark face.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good!"

A eunuch ran in scrambling, waving a newspaper in his hand, and said in horror: "Emperor... Your Majesty, Concubine Shu is going to publish in the newspaper. Want... want..."

"What do you want, what's wrong with Concubine Shu?" Puyi snatched the newspaper impatiently, the big headline on the front page made his eyes go dark, and he fell backwards suddenly.

"emperor!"

The maids and eunuchs hurried forward to support him.

"I'm so angry!" Puyi frantically tore the newspaper into pieces, with a ferocious expression like a wild beast.

Wan Rong didn't know what happened, she supported Pu Yi and asked worriedly: "What's the matter?"

"You still ask me? Hahahahahaha!"

Puyi smiled with tears, and suddenly pinched Wanrong's neck and shouted: "It's you! It's you who forced Wenxiu away! You don't make it easy for me! Duan Hongye came to lie to me for money, Kang Youwei came to beat my autumn wind, Zhou Hexuan You also look down on me, even you guys want to force me to death..."

Well, the emperor has a clear heart and is not a fool. He knew that Duan Hongye and Kang Youwei came here for money and profit, but Zhou Hexuan looked down on him at all.

"Your Majesty, let go of your hand! You will strangle me to death."

The eunuch and maid were so frightened that they dragged the emperor away.

"Cough...cough cough..." Wanrong coughed non-stop while clutching her neck, feeling uncomfortable, "Crazy, all crazy, everyone in this room is crazy!"

"Get out, get out of here!"

Puyi lost his mind and smashed the things in the house frantically. The eunuchs and maids were too frightened to speak.

Sisters Cui Huifu and Cui Huimei, who were loyal to my Qing Dynasty, also ran downstairs when they heard the movement. They were just about to go over to appease them, but Puyi threw a vase back, and Cui Huifu's shoulders were bruised.

After venting for a while, Puyi locked herself in the study, and no one was allowed in.

Cui Huifu stood outside the door trying to persuade her, but got no response at all, and was so anxious that she wiped her tears.

Wanrong asked the eunuch who brought back the newspaper: "What happened?"

The eunuch said with a mournful face: "Concubine Shu has published in the newspaper and wants to sue for divorce!"

"What? You read that right!" Wanrong was shocked. Although she has been unhappy recently, she has never thought of divorce. This kind of thing completely ruins her three views.

The eunuch said: "How can you read this kind of thing wrongly? The front page news of "Ta Kung Pao" is probably known by the whole Tianjin by now!"

"Hurry up and buy another newspaper...I'll go by myself!" Wanrong couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly rushed outside.

Sisters Cui Huifu and Cui Huimei also heard the movement and hurried out together. The three women's minds were all dizzy, and they never dreamed that such a thing would happen.

You don't have to go far, and soon you will see a lot of people surrounding the newsboy, who is collecting money and shouting: "Read the newspaper, read the newspaper, the exclusive news of "Ta Kung Pao". Concubine Shu Wenxiu sued for divorce in the newspaper, Concubine Dao Revolution!"

"Give me one!"

"Don't grab it, you grab all the newspapers!"

"Quickly read what's going on?"

"Do you really want a divorce? Can the emperor and the concubine also divorce?"

"..."

Cui Huifu ran ahead, took out a silver dollar, grabbed passers-by and said, "Sell me your newspaper quickly."

"I finally bought it." The passer-by protected the newspaper and did not let go.

"I'll give you all the money, a piece of ocean!" Cui Huichi said anxiously.

"A real piece of ocean?" The passer-by's eyes lit up, grabbed the silver dollar and handed the newspaper to Cui Huifu, saying, "You did it voluntarily, I didn't cheat people."

Cui Huifu didn't care about these things, so she quickly spread out the newspaper, and Wanrong and Cui Huimei hurried over to read it.

I saw Wenxiu's divorce indictment published in full in the newspaper, with good reasons, such as being neglected all the year round, being treated unfairly, being restricted by Pu Yi, and so on. She still saved face for Puyi, she didn't say anything, and she didn't say anything about being a virgin after several years of marriage.

In addition to the divorce indictment, there is also an editorial from "Ta Kung Pao" at the back.

The editorial was written by "Xinfeng" (another pseudonym of Zhou Hexuan), who called this incident the "Concubine Sword Revolution", which rose to the height of pursuing equality between men and women, ruling the country by law, and freedom of marriage. It is believed that Wenxiu's move is a manifestation of social progress, a favorable attack on the feudal ethics system, and a milestone in the construction of the country's legal system and the road to democracy and freedom. Wenxiu is really a strange woman in the Republic of China!

How can you get a divorce?

How can you still divorce the emperor?

Cui Huifu's hands holding the newspaper were trembling, and she felt that the image of Qing Dynasty in her heart collapsed.

Wan Rong was not much better, her eyes were full of confusion, she didn't even know how to get back to Zhang Yuan.

All the old and young in Tianjin City went crazy, and ran to Zhang Yuan in a panic to meet the emperor. It's a pity that Puyi was not in the mood to see the guests, they couldn't even enter the gate, so they could only kneel outside the wall and cry.

After howling for a while, the old and the young ran to Wenxiu's mother's house again, cursing and smashing things, even the gate was torn down and thrown on the side of the road.

Since "Ta Kung Pao" had just resumed publication, it was only published in Beiping and Tianjin.

Hu Zhengzhi was quite conservative and only printed 6,000 copies, with 3,000 copies each in Peking and Tianjin. For this reason, he still thinks that there are too many print runs, and he is afraid that the newspaper will not be sold out.

But the real situation shocked Hu Zhengzhi. The divorce of the emperor and the imperial concubine was so appalling that anyone who didn't read newspapers usually bought a copy. The 6,000 copies of the newspaper were sold out within two hours, and the circulation department called in a hurry to request additional printing.

In Pingjin and Tianjin alone, "Ta Kung Pao" sold more than 18,000 copies, almost catching up with "New Tianjin Evening News". Other newspapers also reprinted it one after another. For those newspapers headquartered in the south, the correspondents all rushed to the telegraph office and queued up to send the news back.

For a time, public opinion was raging, and the whole country was in an uproar.

Even foreign journalists are sending overseas telegrams overseas. How can such a once-in-a-millennium news be missed?

"Ta Kung Pao" also became famous, and the eight-character policy of "no party, no selfishness, no selling, and no blindness" has not received attention for the time being, because everyone is focusing on the Daofei revolution.