Tianjin, Sanle Hall.

Liu Wei smoked a cigarette and sighed: "Mr. Zhou, I will not continue to mix in the storm of tram price increases, and I will go to Beiping tomorrow to participate in the anti-Japanese and national salvation activities." As for Tianjin, hehe, it's boring! ”

Liu Wei, the word Hengquan, graduated from the Political Science Department of the fourth phase of Huangpu, and is a member of the Party Affairs Committee of the Tianjin Party Department of the Kuomintang (hereinafter referred to as the Rectification Committee). Although he was a student of the Whampoa Military Academy and belonged to Chang Kaishen's lineage, he had a good relationship with Zhang Xueliang, so he was sent to work in the Tianjin Party Department.

In the turmoil of Tianjin tram price hikes, Liu Wei's attitude was very radical, and even called on citizens to take trams and use electric lights without paying.

Tram companies have also taken countermeasures, using tram (workers) unions to launch a "Liu Movement". The tram workers created rumors to attack Liu Wei, the mayor Zhou Longguang persuaded Liu Wei to keep a low profile, and the central government was also ordering Liu Wei to stop, and Liu Wei could not stay in Tianjin anymore.

Zhou Hexuan persuaded: "Why is this the case, since the central government has not explicitly ordered the dismissal, Mr. Liu should continue to insist." ”

Liu He smiled bitterly: "The central government has sent a commissioner to coordinate again, how can you persist in it?" ”

Liu Wei is a patriot, he wants to do things for the people of Tianjin, but there are people everywhere who are dragging his feet, and he is already a little disheartened.

Historically, Liu Wei was transferred out of the Tianjin Municipal Party Department due to the turmoil of tram price increases, and went to Beiping to actively engage in anti-Japanese and national salvation activities, and together with his wife, he raised and transported weapons and ammunition for the anti-Japanese volunteers to support the civilian anti-Japanese armed forces in Northeast China.

This gentleman's character is quite strong, and he offends people everywhere. In the end, he could not get along in the party and government circles, so he could only work as a professor in a university, but as a result, he made considerable academic achievements, and a large number of modern judicial concepts introduced by him in the "Complete Book of Six Laws" have been used by the Taiwan authorities since then.

Zhou Hexuan asked, "What does Zhang Xueliang say?" ”

The Tianjin Municipal Party Department of the Kuomintang Party, like the Tianjin Municipal Government, has many confidants of Zhang Xueliang, which cannot be called upon by Lao Jiang.

Liu Wei shook his head and said, "Commander Zhang, let us try our best to cooperate with the instructions of the central government. ”

Zhou Hexuan sneered: "Don't care about Chang Kaishen's orders, and don't listen to Zhang Hanqing's words." As long as the Tianjin Municipal Party Department persists, I promise to make the foreign devils succumb, Mr. Liu, do you dare to gamble? ”

"Why don't you dare?" Liu Wei laughed heroically, "Haha, if a man has no eggs, is he still called a man?" My hometown is occupied by little Japan, and I have long been homeless, and I am afraid of him some Belgian! ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Okay, please leave it to Brother Liu." ”

Liu Wei said: "On me, the comrades in the party department want to fight to the end. As long as Mr. Zhou is willing to come forward, we will definitely follow! ”

……

The pickets of the Tianjin Municipal Party Department were active again, ignoring the ban of the city government and the Central Party Department, and Zhou Hexuan was quite surprised by the hardness of these Kuomintang Party members. At the same time, it also proves that Chang Kaishen's leadership of the Tianjin Party Department has gone out of control! In other words, Chang Kaishen has never really controlled the Tianjin Party Department, after all, this belongs to Zhang Xueliang's territory.

It is no wonder that after Chang Kaishen's comeback this time, he will frantically engage in dictatorial centralization and spy politics, because he can't even command some of the descendants of the fourth phase of Huangpu.

With the boycott and support of the Tianjin Party Department, Zhou Hexuan joined forces with the Tianjin General Chamber of Commerce and 14 trade unions in various industries in Tianjin to jointly launch the "Campaign to Withdraw the Tram and Electric Light Business", calling on businessmen and citizens to raise funds to redeem the right to operate trams and electric lights in Tianjin.

Those businessmen in Tianjin have always been jealous of the tram business, and they even provoked Chu Yupu to make trouble, if it were not for the intervention of Japan, France and Italy, the tram company would have been the Chinese themselves.

When the tram company learned of this, it immediately panicked, because the contract signed with the Qing government stipulated that the Chinese side had the right to take it back, as long as the money was sufficient. The European headquarters immediately sent instructions to negotiate with the Tianjin municipal government: the price increase should still be increased, but 10,000 yuan a month can be used to support Tianjin's charity.

Mayor Zhou Longguang was overjoyed and quickly agreed to the tramway's request and persuaded other municipal dignitaries to pass the resolution.

As for the illegal tram sections that did not pay taxes, they seemed to have been completely forgotten by Zhou Longguang, and he did not even mention them during the negotiations.

"Down with the traitorous government!"

"To expel Zhou Longguang, we want Mayor Zhang Xueming!"

“……”

Zhou Hexuan secretly organized a mass procession of students to surround the official residence of the city government on the day the two sides signed the contract.

When Zhou Longguang heard the marching slogan outside, he was shocked and angry, and his face turned pale and said: "Sign quickly, sign quickly!" ”

"Boom!"

Before the words fell, the gate of the city hall was suddenly pushed open, and countless students and people rushed in, frightening the guards to retreat one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they poured into the conference hall.

Zhou Long said inwardly: "What are you doing? Storming the government is against the law and punishable by jail time...... Ah, don't come here! ”

"That's him! He is Zhou Longguang! ”

"Down with the traitorous mayor!"

The poor mayor of Tianjin was actually grabbed by the hair, dragged to the gate of the city government and beaten wildly. The Belgian Van Benck was even more frightened on the spot, and he hid in the toilet and did not dare to show his face.

The matter was completely big, and it didn't work for the powers to interfere, and Chang Kaishen was even more angry and slapped the table.

Zhang Xueliang's character was already weak, and he felt that it was difficult to disobey the will of the people, so he ignored the telegram sent by Chang Kaishen and sent people to Tianjin to coordinate with all parties.

When the real negotiations finally began, the Chinese side clamored for the right to take back the tram operation, and the tram company insisted on raising the price. After talking about this for more than half a month, the tram company promised not to raise prices for two years, and the city government agreed.

When the citizens of Tianjin learned the news, they rejoiced one by one, as if they had won a great battle.

Zhou Hexuan and the Tianjin General Chamber of Commerce were depressed because their goal was to take back the right to operate the tram. It's a pity that the citizens are not interested in this, as long as they don't raise the price, they will be content, and in this case, they can no longer incite public opinion, and they can't make trouble at all.

Of course, this is much better than the historical results, at least the price of the tram has not increased.

Since the Northeast had been occupied by the Japanese, Zhou Hexuan could not take the Trans-Siberian Railway, and could only take a steamer to Europe for a meeting.

When he boarded the ship from the port of Tianjin, the storm of rising tram prices smoothly turned into a labor dispute. The tram union, which had been defending the price increase, made a fuss, because the tram company did not fulfill its promise to raise wages, and all tram workers went on a general strike, and the trams in Tianjin could only continue to stop.

The Belgians are crying without tears, and what a loss it must have caused for months of continuous closure!

The matter was not resolved until the end of the year, and the tram company not only did not make money, but lost 2 million a year.

Well, even though your tram is not in operation, you still have to pay tolls in each concession. Who made Belgium a small country, flaunting its might in front of the Chinese, but showing its original form in the face of Japan, France, Italy and other countries, with tears in his eyes, he also wanted to pay tribute.

China is a grandson in front of the great powers, and Belgium is also a grandson, but the eldest grandson.