The origin of eating broken pots

After the recovery of Shaoxing, a military and political sub-government was established, with Wang Jinfa as the commander-in-chief. When Wang Jinfa first entered this city, he did some useful things, such as reducing taxes and establishing education. However, with the promotion of his status and the increase of his power, he began to be corrupt and extravagant. Therefore, the public has great opinions. One day, a young man named Song Zipei found Lu Xun and said that everyone would run a newspaper to attack the separation of military and political affairs in Wang Jinfa, so as to achieve the purpose of supervision by public opinion. Lu Xun agreed with their idea. Song Zipei also proposed to borrow Lu Xun's name as the sponsor, and Lu Xun agreed. So, on June 3rd,1912,65438, this newspaper named Yuedu Daily was officially founded. This newspaper is characterized by "scolding", scolding the military and political sub-governments and their members, and then scolding the viceroy. Later, even the fellow villagers, aunts, seven aunts and eight aunts of the viceroy were scolded ... Of course, Wang Jinfa was very annoyed, but he didn't have an attack. Instead, someone sent 500 yuan to the newspaper to try to buy off Lu Xun and others. Lu Xun objected to receiving the money, and the newspaper accountant accepted it. He didn't say anything more. But since then, the newspaper hosted by Lu Xun still scolded Wang Jinfa! 1927 65438+February, Lu Xun was hired as a special writer by Cai Yuanpei, president of the National Government College, with a monthly salary of 300 yuan, which is a considerable income that Lu Xun has been earning for many years. Although he took money from the Kuomintang, Lu Xun also scolded the Kuomintang.

Many contemporary people don't understand Lu Xun's practice. Didn't you say that Lu Xun was picky about what he ate? Holding other people's money, he is still cursing at home, eating Wang Jinfa's rice and smashing Wang Jinfa's pot; Eating the Kuomintang's rice and smashing the Kuomintang's pot ... what is the reason? In fact, this is a very narrow understanding of Lu Xun. As a soldier in the spiritual world, Lu Xun's ideas are different from ordinary people. In Lu Xun's idea, I should take your money because I work for you-I compile newspapers to supervise the government; The purpose of being a freelance writer is to prosper cultural undertakings. So, taking your money is one thing, and scolding you is another. The two cannot be confused. Besides, why don't I scold your government for not doing good things? "Eat the government's food and smash the government's pot"? The government is not engaged in production and management, where can it get food? Isn't the so-called "government meal" paid by taxpayers? So, I am eating the taxpayer's meal and smashing the government's pot. What's wrong with that? Scholar Lin Xianzhi once had a wonderful theory: "Survival comes first. Indeed, he doesn't want to work in the government or government-owned institutions. Since Cai Yuanpei promised to write freely after receiving the money, he might as well give it a try. The question is, is it ok to scold the government's works? In this world, content and form are often inconsistent. For the government itself, the signboard is' revolution', but it is actually counter-revolution; On the surface, it represents the' national', but in essence it rapes public opinion, which is an obvious example. So, why not use government money to scold the government? Besides, money is also plundered. Take it from the people and use it for the people. Isn't it all the same? "