Chapter 171 Changes in Nature

"History always carries too many questions and coincidences. Whenever we look at that period of history, China will fall into division. People always have all kinds of arguments, while supporters believe that China, which has been an empire for 12 years, is a country that faces extreme tension in labor relations and labor regulation in the early stage of the industrial revolution. The legislation can't keep up, but the ideal of proletarian revolution has just been born. What happened in Russia seems to be a good solution to all problems. In addition, China abandoned its traditional allies to join World War I, which made the people in the country generally in trouble. At that time, the Republicans were full of all kinds of apolitical axism, and part of what they did was to publicly promote anti-war and revolution, even the other part of the underground terrorist activities of bombing. Therefore, what is in front of China is how to stop all this. Perhaps everything that happened on that day is unacceptable, but people will say that although it is not procedurally perfect, and the country and the people have paid the price for it, it has proved to be effective if everything is not stopped. So in China, it is likely that there will be a September Revolution, and even a new revolution may happen next. In the end, everything in China will be swallowed up by a flood. History finally proved that His Majesty's decision was so correct that he ensured the long-term stability of the country at the least cost. Those people only chose the wrong way and fought for the right power at the wrong time, and a series of mistakes eventually led to another mistake, but for the country, this is fortunate. It's lucky.

But in the face of this view, another group of people will clearly ask a question: In those fifteen days, where is the holy, wise, correct, far-sighted and historical saint?

Why didn't he stand up to stop everything before the situation worsened? If Guan Mingtang contacted His Majesty in those years, and if the cabinet could play a role and make some concessions, would it be possible for the situation to get out of control?

In the end, what did China get? Who is the biggest beneficiary of everything? Looking back on history, what we can see is a series of conspiracies. It is those conspiracies that have led to a series of tragedies, and the victims are always those innocent people! In the end, the people and the country paid the price, but benefited from the royal family, which we now regard as a national symbol!"

The Centennial of the Empire

Where is the emperor?

What is the emperor doing?

For many officials and even ordinary citizens in Nanjing on September 1st, they were asking a question in surprise. Ten days after the strike and protest, people were surprised to see that His Majesty did not respond to the protest, but after the Wuxi incident, His Majesty asked the cabinet to thoroughly investigate the truth by telegram.

After

, His Majesty seems to have disappeared and ceased to exist, and the outside world can no longer know the news of His Majesty. It seems that there have been no protests in China at all. It seems that the current situation in the country is extremely stable. Perhaps as he said, "I believe that the cabinet will make the right decision."

At the same time, the queen, crown prince and other members of the royal family, who originally used to escape the summer in Zijin Mountain Royal Garden, avoided the other garden. In the face of the chaos in Nanjing, for the first time, the Royal Garden was sealed, and even Zijin Mountain began to implement temporary military control. The first division of the Royal Guards Army stationed at the foot of Zijin Mountain was sealed. Lock the whole mountain area to avoid outside interference with the "royal summer".

But for the students and the working class in Nanjing, in the past ten days, it has been a peaceful demonstration, and it is also a sign that proletarian forces have gathered around the National Strike Committee, which seems to be a sign.

The workers' residential area in Nanjing is full of mass congresses being held. Male and female workers and young students rushed to these mass congresses like a frenzy and spoke freely at these mass congresses, and the remarks of those speakers began to change slowly from the initial requirements to severely punish the real murderers and find out the truth. It began to shift towards the implementation of a comprehensive constitutional government and the establishment of a responsible cabinet for the Congress, and even some radical young people shouted a new request in their speeches.

"...We demand that a referendum on China's state body be held! Build a real republic!"

This request is almost earth-shaking. For this country, which is used to the emperor, it is no less than a thunderbolt. Although it has not received broad support, it still stunned many people, especially those members of the House of Congress who were originally sat by.

For members of the House of Commons, especially members of the Constitutional Cook Party, perhaps at the beginning, they were willing to remain silent or neutral. Only a very small number of members participated in the march and stood on the side of the march, but now, when they saw the declaration of "demanding a redetermination of the state" on the newspaper and leaflets. After that, they realized in horror that if Congress could not play a role, it was very likely that everything that happened in Russia would happen in China.

The Congress must be the leader of the marching and protests. Only in this way can we avoid chaos in the country. However, there are also serious differences within the Congress. First of all, the House of Lords, those honored nobles stand on the side of the royal family. They refuse to meet with the strikers, let alone make any Concession, even in the lower house, the vast majority of royalist members also believe that concessions cannot be made because of demonstrations. Political axes and negotiations with the people must be based on the premise of ending the demonstrations.

And all this is undoubtedly equivalent to announcing the division of Congress. In the end, in the face of this situation, hundreds of members in the lower house of Congress had to stand on the side of the demonstrators in their personal capacity as a bridge between the demonstrators and political axes, while restraining the demonstrations as much as possible, so that everything can be done. Within the scope of control.

But can the situation in Nanjing be controlled?

It is clearly seen that with the expansion of the scale of demonstrations, especially the emergence of workers' pickets, as the workers' pickets "maintaining order" on the streets, it directly led to the conflict with the police, which intensified the contradiction between the two. After the conflict between the police and the workers' pickets, they were not authorized by force. At the same time, 30,000 capital police, who received the cabinet's strict order of "no harm to civilians", unfortunately became a losing party under the violence of the masses. The police collapsed on the street, which directly led to Nanjing's beginning to fall into a state of no political axe, and even the political axe began to be paralyzed.

For China, a huge country, the paralysis of the capital is almost unimaginable. And the situation in Nanjing, for everyone, seems to be entering a fight. Who will be the winner? It is undeniable that the winning party may have the whole country!

"Nanjing's state of no political axe must end. The cabinet should never violate the law to restrict the use of violence by the police. The duty of the police is to maintain social security and social order. When the social order is disturbed, the police should use all means, including police equipment, to ensure the implementation of the law! "

In the face of Nanjing being in a state of no political axe, Zhang Feng, the Minister of Justice, argued with the Prime Minister in the cabinet meeting. After his proposal was not respected, because he failed to contact His Majesty directly, he could not appeal to the Supreme Court on the one hand to ask the Supreme Court to make a ruling on the police power, and the other party Through a press conference, the local police were required not to deviate from their duties.

"We must maintain the implementation of the law wholeheartedly!"

But, Zhang Feng, as the Minister of Justice, did not expect that it was because of his speech that he became a "thorn in the eye" and "butcher" in the eyes of the demonstrators.

On September 5th, at 3:30 a.m., in front of the gate of the official residence of the Minister of Justice, the Western-style black iron gate was closed. Outside the guard box in front of the gate, two policemen walked back and forth. Because the weather was a little hot, they had a little sweat on their foreheads. Nanjing in the early morning seemed a little quiet. In this "big Chen Street, perhaps because of the "long-term stability" of the past ten years, makes the two policemen naturally seem a little relaxed, even at this time.

"It's fucking boring."

A policeman stretched out boredly. He glanced left and right, and then said to his companion beside him.

"Let's have a cigarette."

"No, be careful of being caught by the officer."

Another policeman replied cautiously that as a young policeman, he had too many concerns. According to the regulations, uniformed policemen are prohibited from smoking on duty.

"What time is it now? The officer will not come at this time..."

The fire flashed and the smoke lit up. Just as the first sip was spit out, a strange voice came from a distance. In this quiet early morning, it looked very harsh.

"Is it a car?"

"It's so late. What the hell... It seems that there is more than one car!"

"It may be the minister's meeting at the Prime Minister's official residence again. You don't know, the current situation..."

The police complained that they could not stop the rolling of the wheels. With two mouthfuls of smoke, three cars drove to the front of the gate. The car was very ordinary and seemed to be a little shabby old Tianma. This kind of car should not have appeared in Minister's Street. This kind of place where people living in it was not rich or expensive, and it was also three cars.

Seeing the three cars under the street lights, the two policemen coincidentally opened the pistol button at the waist so that they could pull out the pistol in time. However, before they could react, the leading car had stopped in front of the door, and the dark window poked out the barrels of several short guns, shooting indiscriminately. The two basically The policeman, who didn't have time to react, collapsed into a pool of blood.

While the gunshot sounded, the door of the front car opened, and only one person jumped out, threw a big smoky package at the door, and then rolled on the spot to avoid behind the car.

With a flash of lightning and a huge thunder, the iron gate was blown open. Before the smoke dissipated, more than a dozen gunmen jumped from the three cars and immediately swarmed into the official residence of the Minister of Justice. They were dressed in different clothes and had a variety of guns in their hands. After they attacked the main court, they first threw a few bombs into the courtyard, and then a random shot, waiting for the smoke to dissipate. Go, seven or eight guards in police uniforms were knocked down in the main yard.

On this night, the sudden explosion woke up Zhang Feng in his sleep. He immediately turned on the bedside lamp and then saw his wife's eyes round.

"Don't be afraid. Let's go to the basement first."

When Zhang Feng wanted to help his wife, she jumped out of bed quickly.

"I'm fine, kids! Go and see the children!"

Caring about children is a mother's instinctive reaction.

"Don't worry, the children will be fine."

When he was talking, Zhang Feng had already taken out a pistol in the bedside table. As the Minister of Justice, he carried a weapon with him for a while. After he put the pistol in his hand, he raised the gun in his right hand, opened the door with his left hand, and took his wife's hand and ran to the room of the two children.

Turn around the corner of the corridor, and the children are all there!

After entering the bedroom of the child's door, Zhang Feng picked up the little daughter who was still holding the toy panda, while the wife quickly picked up the son. Without saying anything more, the two children consciously followed the couple and ran downstairs.

"Dad, am I dreaming? Are we going to die..."

"It's okay. Dad is here."

With a simple comfort, Zhang Feng unscrewed the door under the stairs of the living room, and the family of four immediately walked along the stairs to the basement.

"Dad, where are we going?"

The older son is a little more sober

"Let's go to a safe place." The safe place is probably the shelter under the basement of the official residence. It is a shelter set up in response to unexpected situations. The whole shelter is built five meters underground. The shelters with an area of 20 square meters are all made of reinforced concrete up to 50 centimeters thick, and the entrance is a thick explosion-proof door made of steel. Originally, it should be used to protect important personnel during air strikes, but now it has become a place to protect him and his family.

Just as Zhang Feng opened the explosion-proof door, the stairs shook a brisk explosion, followed by the sound of bean-like gunfire and a mob shout.

"Where is Zhang Feng?"

"Catch the servant..."

"Kill him..."

At the moment of closing the explosion-proof door, the gunshot came again. Finally, the explosion-proof door closed. In the dim light, looking at his pale wife and the frightened children, there was only an unconcealable anger left in Zhang Feng's heart.

Who is

? Who wants to kill him? And it's in his home!

"What should I do now?"

The wife holding the children looked at her husband in horror. Just as she said this, she heard a weak gunshot from the explosion-proof door and the sound of metal impact. It seemed that someone was shooting at the explosion-proof door.

"It's okay. Don't worry. They can't blow up that door with a bomb!"

When designing this asylum room, he had already considered the threat of the bomb. He said so, but Zhang Feng, who was suppressed his anger, went to his desk and picked up the phone on the table. The phone was a special phone. Although it could only be used in an emergency, it was set up in the main room of the bunker under the military camp. 24-hour shift.

"Hey, I'm Zhang Feng, the Minister of Justice. My authorization number is..."

After the phone was connected, after checking the confidentiality authorization, he said to the telephone switchboard station.

"Now, I have been attacked by armed insurgents in the official residence..."

At this point, his voice sank.

"I request to call the palace immediately. I want to report directly to Your Majesty!"

At this moment, Zhang Feng, who was completely filled with anger, had only one idea left. He wanted to report everything in Nanjing directly to His Majesty, and finally it was up to His Majesty to decide whether to use powerful means to restore order or to watch the revolution happen.

"The official residence of the Minister of Justice was attacked by the insurgents!"

Chen Moran, who entered the Northern Jiangsu Comprehensive Training Base of the Royal Guards six days ago, was stunned after receiving this report, which was unexpected.

The fundamental reason why he hid in the comprehensive training base is to wait for the deterioration of the situation, so that he can have enough reasons to use an iron fist to restore order, and at the same time give some people a profound lesson to ensure the stability of the political situation in the future. According to the fact, the deterioration of the situation should fall into nothing first. The state of the political axe, followed by the paralysis of the political axe, and then the demonstrators tried to occupy the political axe institution, but now, because of the words of the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Justice has become the target of the thugs. Does this mean... "Call the phone to the official residence of the Minister of Justice!"

After thinking for a long time, Chen Moran still picked up the phone. Perhaps this is also an opportunity.

When Zhang Feng received a call back from His Majesty, the attack on the official residence was over. After all, it was "Minister Street". After the explosion and shooting, the police at the nearby official residence immediately reported to the bureau. The police immediately sent hundreds of armed police officers. After a fierce battle, the thug was repulsed and the Minister' Street followed. It is temporarily controlled.

"Your Majesty,"

After introducing the situation in Nanjing and the attack on the official residence, Zhang Feng directly put forward his suggestion.

"Now, this demonstration is developing in the direction of armed riots from peaceful petitions. Considering the guns owned by Nanjing citizens, if we can't end all this as soon as possible and restore order in Nanjing, the revolution will break out in the near future, and the whole empire will be destroyed with the outbreak of armed riots. Please make a decision as soon as possible!"

When he said this, Zhang Feng's tone seemed a little excited, but the decision he made was not angry. In his opinion, it was now the last moment.

"Well, then, your suggestion!"

Holding the phone, Chen Moran's tone seemed very calm. It is normal to react like this after such a threat to him and his family. Whether it is to protect himself or his family, he will make an "appropriate response". Now, what he needs is the Minister of Justice from a "legal point of view" Give support."

"Your Majesty, according to the imperial law, I hope to send military and police to use all necessary means to end everything in Nanjing. At the same time, please decree that the country should enter a state of emergency and implement national martial law!"

(to be continued)