Similar pamphlets circulated wildly among the homeless and bankrupt townspeople in all sorts of ways.

Compared with the ideas of the Mexican Party, these bottoms who have not been manipulated by big factory capitalism at this moment are simply incomprehensible and cannot empathize, but these propaganda are more in line with their understanding of society at this time and their pursuit of a better society in the future.

An anarchic, utopian, completely free, cottage future seems within reach, even though they have perceived that labor creates wealth, and even though they have begun to criticize private property, they are standing on the basis of a utopian and cottage workshop to imagine the future.

It can be said that at this moment, the leadership of these unemployed and bankrupt peasants at the bottom of the Mexican Party has been completely defeated, and it has been reduced to a role similar to that of the accomplices of the big businessmen and big workshop owners - a part of the Mexican Party and the popularization and use of new machines are directly related, and people throw dung and stones every day in front of the door of the Institute of Practical Technology.

Even if it takes a lot of words, those things are too complicated to understand, and where these things are more full of realistic hope.

Whether it is the reality of the present or the assumption of the future, these are reactionary and naïve, but they are the crude, absolutely average ideas that are most easily understood by the bottom of the agricultural age.

The big factories have forced the small handicraftsmen to death, the new agricultural machinery has forced to kill the agricultural employees who settle the daily settlement, the land annexation brought about by the rise in cotton prices has forced the homesteaders of small plots of land to death, and all kinds of nostalgia for the good side of the old times and the helplessness and resentment of the evil and ugliness of reality and the rapid accumulation of wealth have made these thoughts like a fire burning in the grassland.

The radicals and conspirators, who believed that Chen Jian and the Mexican Party had betrayed their original oath, began to stir up.

It seems that the time is ripe, the ideas are rich, the programme has been disseminated, the experience of the barricade struggle has been learned, and the radical ideology of the new generation has grown up......

With the help of organized bailouts and propaganda, the time has finally come for the growing discontent that has accumulated to explode.

But before the outbreak, the Mexican Party, which had been silent for a long time, seemed to have finally unified its views internally and began to exert its strength. And with a more perfect, tinkered-up, and improved program, it attracted the support of a large number of people, including many parties that had split away from the Progressive League, and this time also re-allied with the Mexican Party.

More than 1,000 unemployed and urban displaced people were organized and petitioned at the county council and the county warden's office.

The content of the petition was very simple, and it was hoped that the relief charity would be converted into a county-owned factory, which would house a large number of unemployed people and engage in construction such as road construction and river digging, and that the county would allocate funds from the large workshops, factories, and large landowners according to the principle of a progressive tax.

Moreover, a very detailed analysis was also made in the content, and the geographical location and labor costs of Minjun County determined that the levy according to a certain proportion would not damage the competitiveness of Minjun's industry and commerce, etc.

This is a resolution that Chen Jian voted on internally before leaving Minjun, and there are many internal disputes.

Nearly half of them think that this is pointless, and that the other party will not agree at all, unless everyone who can influence the organization supports it, but this may lead to retaliation, and may even be delegitimized and forcibly disbanded. Now the strength is still very weak, such a transitional period, since it is determined that it is a short-term political alliance with the big workshop owners, at this time we should not take the initiative, but give the leading power to those big workshop owners and big businessmen, and wait until the time is suitable for us to act, at this time it is not appropriate to cause rift between the two sides. In a sense, this is an inevitable trend, and we should not interfere, but wait until the big factories are generally established before launching the ideas we are pursuing.

The other half of the people think that if they don't do it at all, then they are sorry for their beliefs, even if this is a palliative solution, but since the time is not yet ripe, why can't they try it, at least compete with those various factions for the dominance of public opinion at the bottom? Besides, now is not the time to cure the symptoms and cure the root cause, but the time when some people have already begun to preach hereditary, large family rule, slave and aristocratic fiefdoms, when will it not help the bourgeoisie to continue its life? To say that a political alliance is a political alliance, and it is not necessary to give up its independence, in which case we will lose the most important base of support, and we will have to understand who we stand for.

Eventually, both factions took a step back, and the laxity and naivety began to show the big problems that lurked after getting through the early stage of pure idealism.

The opposition agreed to organize the operation; The supporters agreed not to mobilize a partisan base to support it, but only those who were unemployed and bankrupt.

Since each side has taken a step back, it is determined that the failure of this operation is inevitable, and without the support of the basic plate controlled by the Mexican Party organization, the petition of these unemployed and displaced people alone is meaningless, because nothing will be affected.

The final result was a mess, and the party property took out a part of the money as material support, and thousands of people sat around. The members who had been planted in the Mexican Party told the county officials that the Mexican Party would not launch a full-scale strike support, so those people had a bottom in their hearts.

Some people said bluntly: "If you want to shout here, you can continue to shout, the Chinese people, of course, have the right to petition the country, but according to the law." Taking a step forward and stepping into the council hall without permission is a rebellion, and it is a crime to block normal access, and the council is worried that you will suffer from heat stroke in view of the consideration of the same countrymen, so it has prepared mung bean soup. ”

Later, some people made a reasonable and legal propaganda: "Any act of depriving others of their property and compensating another part is harming the legitimate rights of those people, so this petition is unreasonable and cannot be passed." Charity and relief can only be in the form of individual moral voluntariness, which is freedom. ”

In fact, the biggest difference from the last miners' petition is not whether it is reasonable and legal, but whether the participants can affect the operation of the city, and the kind of unburdened idealism to give it a go, and the response to the opposite side when it debuts and the support of the wider class.

In the end, the popularity of the Mexican Party did not fall to the trough, but won over some people, and gave a seemingly better solution to retreat to the old era, and also had the basis for the public opinion war of the reactionary old forces, at least providing an improved solution to the problem, instead of waiting for the development of the times like fate.

However, this abruptly truncated outbreak finally began to become uncontrollable.

In August, a storm caused food prices in Mincheng to skyrocket. A large amount of land in Min County is either planted with sugarcane, cotton, or mulberry trees to raise silkworms, and the trade in recent years has made the grain fields in Min County less and less.

Heavy rains have caused the Min River to burst its banks, making it difficult for ships transporting grain upstream to pass through; The storm temporarily left the grain ships at sea temporarily docked. The speculators took advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money, a large amount of hoarded grain was actually enough for the normal use of Fujian County, the county guard came forward to suppress it, lowered some prices, some normal citizens can still maintain, those who rely on relief or have a life today and no life tomorrow can not hold on, and those small handicraftsmen who are on the verge of bankruptcy are even more difficult to maintain.

In the days when food prices were gradually recovering, a pamphlet about the tragic conditions of starvation and child labour sparked the anger of a large number of displaced people.

One night, Qiao Shijiao, who was on the verge of bankruptcy by the large water-powered spinning machine workshop closely associated with his brother's party and became the backbone of the smashing machine faction after the last dignified marching operation, walked into an alley.

Walk up the staircase with two people tightly guarded and enter a secret hut with curtains over glass windows.

Kerosene lamps are lit in the hut, and next to it is a black and red temperament, and the rectangular flag is divided into red and black diagonally, indicating that it is different from the black flag of the Mexican Party, but agrees with some similar ideas.

The room was full of smoke, and more than thirty people had already gathered, and Qiao Shijiao was probably the last to arrive, and the door was closed from the outside after sitting down.

There are several familiar faces inside, people who were exiled to the sea during the last Dignity March operation, and they don't know when they will quietly return by boat.

"Is the message exact?"

"Exactly. A ship bound for Holland with more than a thousand flintlock pistols loaded from Chen Jian's arsenal, as well as a shipment of gunpowder and cast iron mines, was destined for Amsterdam. There's one of us on board. The conspirators could provide some artillery with cannons, and they were radical young men who had graduated from the nautical school. ”

"There's no leakage, is there?"

"No, I didn't tell the factions that were originally close to us from the Progressive Alliance. Those people in the Mexican Party should remain neutral, they will not meet with us, and if their pickets come forward to suppress it, then they will completely lose their ideas, and they will not be far from disbanding. The garrison stationed outside the city is changing its guard these days, the navy is also cruising outside, and the county council is about to meet. ”

One person took out a basically accurate map of Mincheng, which was obviously drawn after the hot air balloon was lifted into the air, and pointed to several places on it: "Grain warehouses, docks, joint-stock banks, futures exchanges...... These places must be taken. But try not to touch the central party headquarters of the Mexican Party, don't provoke them, just let them remain neutral. ”

Several people were indignant: "These betrayers. Now that they all have the opportunity to be exploited by the big machine, they are safely enslaved, and I am afraid that they are still laughing at us for not having a chance to be exploited, right? ”

Many people spat a few mouthfuls, and Qiao Shigu thought of his own brother, and scolded disdainfully.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we must be clear about our purpose, for the sake of those who have nothing to rely on and who have wandered here from the countryside, for the sake of these bankrupt and bankrupt citizens. We have to remember our purpose, to achieve our purpose, but not in one step, but in one step. ”

"At this stage, it will be difficult to realize all that we have envisioned, but we can hope that the king and the great families of the north will support us against the big craftsmen and merchants. That's how we can succeed. ”

"Lay down the banks, and petition for the banks to be brought under the dictatorship of the king, who will act as a balance between us small people and big businessmen and big workshop owners, and provide interest-free loans to small producers to buy raw materials. Besieged the council and forced the members of the council to ask for an increase in the king's discretion. The landowners of more than 600 mu in Min County must allocate a part of the land to accommodate the landless peasants, and a part of the land to ensure the survival of the landless, and the landless peasants must help the landowners cultivate large tracts of land, and the land of self-cultivated farmers shall remain unchanged; All cotton textiles were to be distributed according to the share of forty percent of the large factories and sixty percent of the cottage industry, and the leaders of the guilds were elected, and the king was asked to send someone to supervise them, so as to ensure the fairness of the distribution of cotton and the share of purchases; Abolish the interest on debts owed by the poor and replace them with interest-free repayment of principal over 20 years; Legislation prohibits the establishment of new water-powered workshops in Min County; set a maximum price for food, confiscate the black money of former speculators, set up social workshops, and teach children labor skills; The spinning wheels and other tools of the workshop owners were confiscated and distributed to the families. ”