The People's Party controls the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the three important cities along the Yangtze River, Wuhan, Anqing, and Wuhu, are the economic pillars of the People's Party. Anqing has a long industrial history, and the earliest steamships in China were launched in Anqing. After the People's Party seized Anqing, it naturally established a lot of industries in the Anqing area. By 1913, Anqing's population had reached 500,000. Among the many cities of the People's Party, it ranks fourth after Wuhan, Wuhu and Xuzhou.

In those days, there was no television or Internet, and even a population of 500,000 was enough to feed many newspapers and magazines. In the editorial office room of "Tongcheng Night Talk", the editors-in-chief sat around a middle-aged man in his forties. The middle-aged man's forehead was blue on the left, but what was more serious was that his face was scratched out of the bloody road, and the left and right looked shocking.

"These shrews!" When the middle-aged man spoke, he seemed to want to use a tone of residual anger. However, it was clear that the emotion in his tone was "shocked". It's just that when he spoke, it seemed that other injuries were involved, and the middle-aged man couldn't help but scream "oops".

The middle-aged and elderly men gathered around him also felt helpless in the face of such injuries, and one of them said, "Brother Sun, don't talk about that group of shrews, why don't we go to the hospital for treatment?" ”

The person known as Brother Sun seemed to be in pain not enough, and he said with a disgruntled face: "I don't go to the People's Party hospital, just ask the former Dr. Lu." Because of the many blood on his face, Brother Sun's face looked a little hideous.

“…… Brother Sun, Dr. Lu has already gone to work in the People's Party's hospital. The person next to him said in embarrassment.

"Dr. Lu also joined the People's Party?" This Sun brother was quite surprised, and after thinking for a while, he said helplessly: "Then ask Doctor Lu to come to the doctor." We have to find a printing house to print today's newspaper. ”

The editors immediately split up, and Brother Sun said to the one next to him, "Brother Zhu, those women committed murder in public, but now it is the People's Party that controls the government, and I am afraid that this complaint will not work." But I couldn't swallow it. I don't know if Brother Zhu's former friends in the rivers and lakes are still in touch? Speaking of this, Brother Sun couldn't help but sigh again.

Brother Zhu said embarrassedly: "Brother Sun, those people have offended Mr. Chen Duxiu, the current deputy director of the CPPCC, in the past, and the People's Party does not want to see them. I haven't seen them in a long time. ”

Saying this, Brother Zhu said with palpitations: "Brother Sun, you rescued you in the morning, if it weren't for Brother Sun's protection, those shrews would ,...... with murder weapons."

"Alas!" When Brother Sun heard this, he sighed heavily. Because the action was too big, it touched the sore spot, and Brother Sun called out again.

The two sat opposite each other for a short time, but they heard a woman's voice outside, and they couldn't hear it clearly through the wall, and they didn't know what was happening outside. saw the porter running in in a panic, "Two, a lot of women came to the door, and they put up a banner asking us to apologize publicly." ”

Before the concierge could speak, he heard a woman's voice amplified by an electric loudspeaker coming in from outside, "Listen, the people of Tongcheng Night Talk, you guys get out now, let's talk face to face." ”

Hearing the movement outside, Brother Sun and Brother Zhu's faces turned pale at that time, in the morning they and those typesetting women workers, after the two sides said that the two sides were stiff, the women workers rushed up with brooms and wooden handles to beat the editors of Tongcheng Night Talk, they tried to resist, but they were no match for the female workers. When I squeezed out of the female workers like a literal one, I don't know how many Taiping fists I was beaten. Now that a group of women blocked the door, Brother Zhu was stunned. But I heard Brother Sun say "oops" again.

"Tongcheng night talkers, didn't you hear? Open the door and speak generously. Don't you usually dare to speak? Come out and say it to your face now. "Voices from outside came in again.

Brother Sun and Brother Zhu looked at each other, they should have gone out to talk like this. It's just that the two of them have lingering palpitations, and secondly, they feel that going out to confront a group of women face to face is really a big loss of identity. Brother Sun finally said to the porter: "The door is closed. ”

Of course, the people of "Tongcheng Night Talk" can close the door and pretend not to see it. But the traffic police who maintain traffic cannot pretend not to see it. It is already surprising that a group of women are walking down the street in a boiling rage. Fortunately, there are no idlers in Anqing City at the moment, but a group of women set up a formation to block the door of "Tongcheng Night Talk", this kind of thing that has never been seen in Anqing City naturally spreads very quickly, and people from nearby units and residential areas come out to see the excitement.

The traffic police belong to the state units, and naturally they have studied women's emancipation at an early age. Naturally, they will not try to stop it, but looking at more and more people, the traffic police are starting to have a headache with the congested traffic. After internal discussions, the traffic police tried their best to maintain order while reporting to the mayor in charge of urban work, Ren Qiying.

"The women are taking to the streets?" Ren Qiying was really surprised. She was already very courageous when she was a teenager, but Ren Qiying did not agree that ordinary women could have the same spirit of courage to fight as her. After all, this is not the same environment, Ren Qiying is facing the choice between death and possible death, and these women don't actually have to react to "Tongcheng Night Talk".

"Mayor Ren, the comrades of the traffic police asked how to solve the problem of obstructing traffic." Seeing that Ren Qiying had been silent, the secretary couldn't help but ask.

"I remember that the editorial office of "Tongcheng Night Talk" is in the old city, right?" Ren Qiying asked.

"Yes. If it weren't for the old city, the traffic police comrades would not be in such a hurry. The secretary replied.

One thing that all the new urban areas of the People's Party have in common is that there is a lot of redundancy in urban planning. In other words, the main roads of large cities are planned to be 12 lanes first, and viaducts, large areas of green space and open space are also reserved. Chen Ke has seen firsthand how terrible traffic congestion can be in the 21st century. and what the lack of comprehensive urban planning can lead to. Anyway, Zhengzhou residents' evaluation of urban planning is "Zhengzhou Zhengzhou, digging ditches every day, not digging a day, not Zhengzhou." ”

Chen himself has criticized the incident at dinner and drinking with his brothers, including at dinner with engineers from the town planning bureau. The engineer is also bitter, "The city is expanding so fast, it is almost changing every day. The financial allocation is only enough to tinker, not to dig a trench. And who can be so good, have a comprehensive and accurate prediction of the development of the next ten years at one time. Even if he has that ability, how can he stay in this small place of Zhengzhou. ”

Chen Ke was impressed by the conversation, and even if it is impossible to predict the next few decades, it is always possible to leave enough redundancy. Chen Ke has also done a program, and he also has a painful pain for the functional needs that change almost every day. Therefore, at the beginning of Anqing, it was mainly based on large-scale land enclosure and comprehensive construction of new urban areas. The new urban area takes into account the wind direction, natural conditions, water supply system, and finally the resettlement of industrial and residential areas.

According to the information provided by the traffic police, about 100 women went to protest this time, and if this idea were in the new city, they would gather into a pile that would not even block the main road. But in the old town, this blocked a street to death.

"I'll go myself." Ren Qiying said.

"Do you want to notify the municipal party committee to hold a meeting? Which comrades are you going to go with? The secretary asked.

"You don't have to go with other comrades, I'm enough alone. This time I didn't go to these female comrades. Rather, they should first be persuaded not to hinder the normal work of society. Ren Qiying replied.

"Will that have any adverse effects? After all, the work of women's emancipation is now underway. "The secretary was a little surprised.

"Women's emancipation is a matter of course, and we are not persuading women comrades to leave now because we oppose women's emancipation." Ren Qiying replied, "I still have a clear division of this responsibility. ”

At present, the municipal party committee is still working in the governor's yamen in the old city, which is very close to the place of the accident. Ren Qiying and his entourage heard the women's shouts from afar, because "Tongcheng Night Talk" didn't dare to open the door, so the women simply began to give street speeches.

"The new government says that everyone is equal before work, so are we women worse than others in labor? Yes, we may not be as good as men in these physical tasks, so we don't compete in these positions. But in school, we women are teachers. In the printing office, we women do typesetting. In the textile factory, we women work as weavers. In various business sectors, it is entirely up to women to keep accounts and work as salespeople. In the hospital, we women work as nurses and doctors. Everyone is not bad, not worse than men at all. And these guys in Tongcheng Night Talk look down on women, and think that it is a big rebellion for women to support themselves by themselves. It is not a great rebellion for women to come out to work and support themselves on their own. Tongcheng night talk, those who dare not come out are completely deprived of conscience and conscience! ”

A woman in her early twenties carried an electric horn and shouted at the crowd around her. The surrounding women have been mobilized emotionally, and when they heard the criticism of Tongcheng Night Talk, many people have already shouted, "Down with Tongcheng Night Talk, down with these counter-revolutionaries!" ”

"The people who talk at night in Tongcheng come out and make it clear!"

Ren Qiying didn't know this woman, but she was amused by the slogan. She turned her head to the secretary and said, "Who is speaking, you can check it out after the people disperse." ”

"Okay." The secretary replied.

Ren Qiying first found the nearby traffic police comrades who were struggling to maintain traffic. Seeing Mayor Ren Qiying coming, the traffic police breathed a sigh of relief, "Mayor Ren, you go up and persuade you." With so many lesbians, we don't dare to say anything more. We persuaded them to leave, and the comrades came up with the Constitution and told us that assembly was their right as citizens. ”

"Haha." Ren Qiying couldn't help laughing, and took the constitution to argue for herself, she didn't expect it at all, "The comrades of the traffic police have worked hard, let me talk to the comrades at the assembly first." ”

Because the core members of this rally are all women, no man dares to huddle with the women, they are all on the periphery. Ren Qiying wore a dark blue uniform to enter the women, but there was no resistance. It wasn't until she appeared in the core of the crowd that the woman who gave the speech recognized Ren Qiying and shouted "Mayor Ren" that the women looked at Ren Qiying in surprise. After a moment of silence, the woman who gave the speech excitedly shouted with a megaphone: "Comrades women, Mayor Ren has come to support us!" ”

The women at the heart of the rally suddenly erupted in cheers.

"Mayor Ren, you must help us find out all the guys in Tongcheng Night Talk!"

"Let them know what they mean by all that they say in the newspapers!"

The woman who gave the speech stood on a stool, and in the chaotic shouts of the women, Ren Qiying took the electric horn and stood on the stool. "Hello comrades. And the onlookers, comrades, hello everyone. I am Ren Qiying, Mayor of Anqing City. I am here to talk to you in my capacity as the mayor of Anqing City. ”

Seeing that Ren Qiying said it was simple and straightforward, responsible, and straightforward, it can be said that it was full of style, and the women couldn't help but cheer warmly, "Mayor Ren is good!" ”

Ren Qiying waved to the people below, which caused even more enthusiastic cheers and applause from the women. It wasn't until her voice calmed down a little that Ren Qiying continued, "I have two things to do this time, the first thing is that as the mayor of Anqing City, my attitude towards women's liberation is absolutely supportive. I admire all the women who have the courage to express themselves and fight against the emancipation of women! I would like to commend you all for doing something very meaningful in the women's liberation movement. ”

The cheers of the women in the heart of the opportunity rang out immediately, not just in the core area. Ren Qiying stood tall and saw far away, and there was also a happy look on the faces of the women watching around.

"Similarly, as the mayor of Anqing City, my second thing is to ask everyone to disperse for the time being, not because I am two-faced, saying one thing and doing another, but because everyone is really blocking the road. Affected traffic. I have heard that when you came this time, you came with the Constitution in your hand and demanded the realization of your rights. That's good, the Constitution does stipulate our rights and duties. In the same way, I believe that as equal citizens in society, we also have an obligation to maintain the normal functioning of society. What you are trying to say, you have already expressed it now. People say that we must do things in a measured way, and everyone is gathered here today, what do you want to express? Is it to express the women's resolute attitude of not accepting discrimination, or is it just to express anger at those in Tongcheng's night talk? But either way, I think it's enough to do it. Because this street is not the people in Tongcheng's night talk. Therefore, obstructing normal passage for a long time is not the attitude and method that women who are the masters of society should have. What do you think? ”

Listening to Ren Qiying criticizing herself, some women were surprised, and some even felt very aggrieved.

"Mayor Ren, do you mean we can't continue to demonstrate here?"

"Mayor Ren, do you continue to let Tongcheng talk about these people talking nonsense in their broken newspapers?"

Ren Qiying said with a smile: "The majority of female comrades, you are citizens, of course you must have the strength of citizens. The group of people in Tongcheng Night Talk are also citizens, and they also have their own rights. When we talk about freedom of speech, it means that people have the right to speak, even if it is nonsense, these people also have the right to speak nonsense. At this point, we women have to have this mind, we have to have this strength, and we have to allow these people to talk nonsense. A bunch of men are angry with everyone like this, they don't deserve it. ”

There was a burst of laughter among the women. The woman who had just given the speech said loudly: "Mayor Ren, the government only said that it wants women to be emancipated, but now there is no refutation of newspapers like Tongcheng Night Talk, if they continue to talk nonsense, it will be as reasonable as what they say." ”

"The purpose of this street is for people to walk, men to walk, women to walk. As mayor, I treat everyone equally. Whoever gets in the way of this street, I will come and persuade them. And women's emancipation is an action, not a slogan. Whether you have equal rights or not is the core of women's emancipation. Are you getting the job opportunities you have now? Is there an equal access to education? These are the things we need to try to solve right now. If Tongcheng Night Talk hinders these opportunities, I can assure everyone that not only can I drag them out for criticism, but I can also eradicate Tongcheng Night Talk. But now they are powerless in the face of women's emancipation, and they bark a few times like beaten dogs, and you regard the barking dog as your worst enemy, and I think this is self-surrender. They don't deserve it. ”

A burst of laughter erupted in the female crowd, and Ren Qiying accurately pointed out the focus of the contradiction. These women do regard Tongcheng Night Talk as the biggest enemy at the moment, but after Ren Qiying's analogy, everyone suddenly found that Tongcheng Night Talk has no power. In front of women, in front of the women's liberation movement, those people in Tongcheng Night Talk are just beaten dogs.

The anger was calmed and the sense of self-identity was satisfied like never before. The women's emotions are not so excited. Ren Qiying took the opportunity to jump off the stool and began to shake hands with the women around her one by one, praising them for their courage to fight and persuading them to dissolve the rally and not obstruct traffic.

Many of these women were the first time to see the long-admired female mayor Ren Qiying, and everyone warmly shook hands with Ren Qiying, carefully looking at this woman who seems to exist in myths and legends in Anqing City. Many women dared to go to the streets this time because they knew the existence of a female mayor, Ren Qiying. This follower of Chairman Chen Ke, a staunch female revolutionary fighter, appeared in front of everyone, so approachable, but full of power.

When the women of the rally were about to disperse, the door of the editorial office of Tongcheng Night Talk suddenly opened, and two angry middle-aged men stood at the door, and a man with a wounded face in one of them shouted loudly: "Mayor Ren Qiying, please stay." ”

The women of the rally, who had not expected the people of Tongcheng to come out, were a little surprised to see these people suddenly appear in anger.

Ren Qiying separated the crowd and walked in front of the two middle-aged people, "May I ask you two for advice?" ”

The two editors had just heard in the house that the female mayor Ren Qiying had arrived, and the purpose of coming was to keep the traffic flowing, and they had mixed feelings in their hearts. It's just that I didn't expect Ren Qiying to compare "Tongcheng Night Talk" to a beaten dog, and asked women not to take Tongcheng Night Talk to heart. They could no longer bear it anymore, and finally, motivated by anger and extreme humiliation, forgot their fears and stepped forward.

The injured "Brother Sun" shouted: "You have disobeyed the teachings of the saints, let women show their heads, and corrupt the morals. ”

Ren Qiying turned her head and waved her hand to stop the noisy impulse of the women gathered behind her, and then turned her head and sneered, "Which saint are you talking about?" ”

"Brother Sun" was overjoyed, and he said loudly: "Naturally, it is Sage Kong. ”

"Are you sure you're talking about Mr. Kongqiu of Shandong? Didn't refer to anyone else? Ren Qiying said with a narrow smile.

As soon as he heard the name Kong Qiu, the beaten "Brother Sun" was shocked and angry, and the anger was naturally that Ren Qiying dared to call Confucius by his name so bluntly. was shocked to underestimate Ren Qiying, he originally thought that Ren Qiying should learn the vernacular of the People's Party, and it was impossible to know the name of Confucius.

However, Brother Sun had already said it himself, so naturally he didn't dare to take it back. He stiffened his neck and said, "It is indeed the Great Sage Supreme Sage Ancestor. ”

"Okay, tell me which sentence in the Analects says that women can't go out on the street and can't work?" Ren Qiying said with a sneer. Ren Qiying has been studying with her father since she was a child, and she is not only proficient in memorizing the Analects, but also has a deep understanding under the guidance of her father Ren Yugang. really talking about the essence of the Analects, Ren Qiying doesn't think that she has reason to be afraid of a corrupt Confucian.

This is also the exact point, and Brother Sun was completely stopped by this question.