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Early in the morning. Sun Wu, Deng Yulin, Liu Chengyu, Zhang Bol, Zhang Daxin, Ha Hanzhang and Shi Gongjiu went to the presidential palace.

Yuan Shikai met in person. He said, "I'm sorry about this matter, but it has become clear to you. I'm dealing with it according to Marshal Li's call. I know that I'm sorry for Hubei people. People all over the world will scold me, but I can't save his life."

Yuan Shikai's tone completely put this matter on Li Xiang, and Sun Wu and others did not get the essentials.

Yuan Shikai asked them to use tea and rest again. They completely ignored it and withdrew from the presidential palace with anger and tears and went to Changchun Temple.

After Zhang and Fang were ambush, Lu Jianzhang ordered people to send their bodies to Changchun Temple to stop the spirit and buy a good coffin for them.

Sun Wu and others arrived at Changchun Temple.

Ha Hanzhang cried bitterly. Sun Wu didn't say a word. Liu Chengyu shouted, "No wonder the outside scolds me for having no personality. It seems that he is self-harming his party. What kind of personality is."

Shi Gongjiu said hatefully, "This is an unjust prison. We want to avenge Zhenwu!"

Because Sun Wu had an old grudge with Zhang Zhenwu, Zhang Zhenwu was killed when he came to Beijing, and some people outside suspected that Sun Wu was involved in the matter. Liu Chengyu, Zheng Wanzhan, Luo Qian and others had just been ordered by Yuan Shikai to go to Hubei to mediate the conflict between Zhang Zhenwu and Li Xiang, and persuaded Zhang Zhenwu to come to Beijing. A few days later, Zhang Zhenwu was killed. They felt fooled and suspected of selling friends, especially indignant.

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Wuchang.

Wrapped in a thick sadness, there was plain white everywhere, as if a heavy snow fell prematurely.

Zhang Zhenwu's coffin arrived in Hubei, and Li Xiang sent a member to greet him and held a memorial meeting in the Baobing Hall.

An archway was tied with pine branches and white flowers at the entrance of the lobby. In the past, the big red lanterns were all replaced with plain lamps made of white silk, and even the two stone lion necks were covered with white cloth strips. On the flagpole of Daheping in front of the door, there was a long soul flag hanging, which was blown by the evening wind. It floated up slowly and fell gently.

The sky slowly darkened, and the candle in the plain lamp at the gate was lit. Lights are also lit up all over the yard. The lights in the ice hall are bright. In the middle of the ice hall is a hall, with eight wing rooms lined up symmetrically on both sides. At this time, this hall is a solemn mourning hall. On the front is a grounded white curtain, and the black coffin is placed behind the curtain, revealing only one head.

A line of regular script on the upper part of the curtain: "Mr. Zhang Zhenwu, the first martyr of the 1911 Revolution." In the middle is a huge word "dian", and under the word "dian" is the black and white portrait of Zhang Zhenwu wearing a first-class life suit. He saw that his military uniform was straight, heroic and smiling.

At the bottom of the statue is a strip-shaped black lacquered wooden table with incense burners and fruits. In the mourning hall, I saw cigarettes curling without hearing a sound.

On both sides of the curtain are hanging the couplets written by Li Xiang himself.

The first is: "Crue difficulties for the country, the culprit of merit, and the future generations have their own conclusion;

The next one is: "Fortunately, the world is approaching, and the private friendship is not to live up to the old one."

The left and right walls are full of sacrifices. The signatures are all famous big names.

After a while, an elderly monk led 23 monks into the mourning hall. They first stood in two rows, bowed to Zhang Zhenwu's portrait, then separated, slowly walked into the curtain, and sat down around the black coffin. After hearing the heavy sound of wooden fish, the twenty-four monks hummed at the same time. Twenty-four sounds - crisp, turbid, low, exciting, old, delicate mixed together, high and low, long and short, maintaining general consistency. No one can hear what they are humming: it's like reciting scriptures and singing.

At this time, a large bundle of sandalwood began to burn in the iron stove. Cigarettes permeated the golden hall and were squeezed out of the house and spread to the floor, covering everything around like spring fog. The whole mourning hall became gray, and there were only some light-colored satin with better texture. Under the nearby candlelight, it flashed cold light like a ghost fire. People who change incense, cut candle heads, burn money and paper, and pour tea are endlessly, all covered with plain and crept. The mourning hall is full of a solemn and mysterious atmosphere.

A room on the east side of the mourning hall was full of Zhang Zhenwu's large and small groups of wives and children, crying and making noise.

"You take the money." Li wanted to pull out a pile of money and stuff it for Zhang Zhenwu's eldest son, and told the people behind him, "In the future, the Military Affairs Department will give Zhang's family a monthly pension of 30 yuan until Zhang Zi can stand on his own."

The Zhang family pushed the money back, opened his bloody eyes, had an undisguised hatred for Li Xiang, and said hardly, "No!"

Li Xiang's face turned pale.

"You baby, why are you so ignorant? Get it!" The speaker is Zhang Zhenya, Zhang Zhenwu's younger brother. His eyes are red and swollen, his face is thin, and he is wearing a long white cloth wrapped around his head. He is cleaning the clothes left by his brother in a corner of the room. He was afraid that he would scratch Li Xiang's face and quickly came out to turn around.

Li wanted to know their thoughts, and they all suspected that he was the mastermind behind the killing of Zhang Zhenwu. He couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Yuan Shikai said that I asked him to kill Zhang Zhenwu. Yuan Shikai is the president, not my son. Can I dictate him? Everyone knows that Ezhou is my world now. Do I still need to kill people? How about the truth? One day it will come out.

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The Beijing Senate met, led by Zhang Bolie, signed by 20 Republican senators, and submitted to the Senate the "Question of the Government's Shooting of Zhang Zhenwu, the leader of the Wuchang Uprising". The discussion was quite heated.

Liu Chengyu first got up and made a brief explanation of the Question Letter. The Speaker stopped it and said, "There is no need to explain the questioning."

"Today's thing is not an ordinary question!" Liu Chengyu immediately retorted, unexpectedly went straight to the stage, and said loudly, "Article 6 of the Investigation Law clearly states that people's bodies shall not be arrested, detained, interrogated or punished except in accordance with the law. Since Zhang Zhenwu is the people of the Republic of China, he should be entitled to the rights of the people of the Republic of China. Zhang Zhenwuzhi was also killed and was not arrested and sent to the court for public interrogation. That is to say, the cloud crime deserves it, and it is not appropriate to invite the starry night to attack, capture and kill. ...Watching the procedures of the government's murder is equivalent to the behavior of robbers. With the high-sounding Republic of China, and the government that kills the people with robbery acts violates the contract and destroys the republic, how can we see this? And if you push this meaning, all the meritorious leaders of the uprising of the Republic of China and the giants of the Republic of China can be killed one by one, and let him be the emperor and king.

Liu Chengyu made a fierce speech. Zhang Bole then cried loudly, and the whole house was shocked. Both inside and outside the House knew the seriousness of Zhang's case, which was too late.

"Marshal Li demanded to kill people with non-crime, and the president's order to change the law without authorization is a violation of the contract." Senator Peng Yun Yi has a clear view and demands the preservation of the dignity of the law. From the Zhang Zhenwu case, it can be seen that the Senate cannot protect the lives and property of the people, and the life and death of the people can be based on the presidential order, not according to the law. Therefore, at this time, it can be said that there is no government, no Senate, no law, no politics. It is really hateful to destroy the treaty and overthrow the republic. The questioning letter is not only for Zhenwu said it alone, for the future of the Republic of China!"

"The government at the beginning of the Republic of China has despised the Senate more than once, and the killing of Zhang Zhenwu is the most important." The person who talked was Senator Chen Jiading. He crossed his legs and tasted tea carefully. He said thoughtfully, "So, Zhang Zhenwu's matter is very important and related to the country. For the legal thought, an impeachment case should be proposed to fulfill the duties of the Senate; an impeachment case should be proposed to impeach the commander-in-chief of the army.

Senator Liu Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "This matter is not only impeaching President Duan, but also impeaching Marshal Li. General Li made an empty telegram without any confirmation. He advocated evil, and the more fierce the empty words became. This kind of empty words can kill Zhang Zhenwu, and in the future, he can kill the people with this kind of empty words.

There are more than 20 senators in the Senate. They believe that the method of handling this case is also very ambiguous. They must jointly submit a questioning case to the government and ask Yuan Shikai and Li Xiang to give a reply.

Under the pressure of the Senate, Yuan Shikai wanted Li to take responsibility and protect himself. According to the Senate's questioning letter, Yuan Shikai said vaguely in the Senate's address: This matter is of great importance. According to the secret telegram of Vice President Li, the people and matters involved are extremely important, not only related to the governance of chaos in Hubei, but also to the safety of the whole country, as well as military secrets...

The Senate was extremely dissatisfied with the government's first defense, and its indignation was more than the previous day. Finally, the parliament made a decision to urge the Secretary of the Army to attend the Senate's report.

The meeting answered by Army Chief Duan Qirui in the Senate was more intense.

Duan Qirui took the stage to defend and said, "Zhang Zhenwu is a soldier and cannot be sent to the court. The facts of the crime were committed when he was in the military affairs department. Nothing is related to military affairs, so he is engaged in military law. A military law conference has been held in Wuchang for a long time, and the evidence has been collected. As for the judgment procedures, it has also been recorded in the Military Law Office, but I will execute it. Later, he also said, "If you think you are still not satisfied with attending your hospital this time, General Li will call you in the future, and you will have to make a detailed report after General Li's detailed call."

Duan Qirui's reply obviously could not satisfy the senators. Senator Liu Yan asked: "Is the military law conference held in Wuchang while the execution in Beijing? Is the military law conference so open? Now your president's report is not a reason. For Zhang Zhenwu, Wuchang has held a military law conference, but why did the telegram from Marshal Li not mention it, and the official document of the president's reply did not mention it. It can be seen that the government has violated the contract law. He asked, "The Army Chief, please reply again."

Duan Qirui, the commander-in-chief of the army, replied: "Zhang Zhenwu's guilt is really difficult to declare. Zhang Zhenwu came to Beijing this time, and Beijing is the capital of the Republic of China. The relationship is important. How can the order be disturbed again? The government has repeatedly measured the importance of interests and has to be executed in Beijing for the interests of the overall situation.

Senator Li Zhaobu's follow-up questions came: "I only question simple facts. Excuse me, did you ever hold a military law meeting before killing Zhang Zhenwu?

Duan Qirui put on the dignity of a soldier and said, "I just reported and gathered high-ranking officers to discuss several times."

Li Zhaopo asked, "Is there a military law conference?"

Duan Qirui immediately said to him, "The military law conference is also for senior officers to study the crimes."

Li Zhaopu asked again, "What is the date of the meeting?"

Duan Qirui replied: "There was a meeting for discussion on the 13th of this month, and there was also a meeting on the 14th. And the president was also present.

Li Zhaoputu asked, "May I ask if the president should be present at the Military Law Conference?"

Duan Qirui paused for a moment and then said, "The meeting is held in the presidential palace, and the houses in the house are all adjacent, so the president is also present."

Li Zhaofu asked step by step, "What evidence is there besides the two Hubei telegrams that killed Zhang Zhenwu?"

Duan Qirui replied without hesitation: "The so-called evidence is just the crime he committed. In addition to this telegram, there is still an official document."

Finally, Duan Qirui added: "In a word, now the government takes the state as the premise, and it can't do without temporary measures. Otherwise, there is great danger to the country. At this time of danger, how can it be maintained? Although there are mistakes in the formalities, Qi Rui is the fault.