Following the young students, more workers, citizens and even peasants also participated in the demonstrations, the Ministry of Education also secretly instigated teachers to participate in the protest demonstrations, and even some local government personnel also participated in the protest demonstrations, showing solidarity with Generalissimo Wang Maoru and the students who demonstrated in Jinan, and condemning the barbaric and brutal Kuomintang government.

You don't have to work, you can march and demonstrate every day, and you can still get a salary, who wouldn't dare to do this good thing?

At the same time, big-character posters and propaganda slogans began to appear frequently throughout the country, and strong national revivalism appeared throughout the country. Although Liao Zhongkai stopped all the responsibility on himself, the anger of the people could not be extinguished, and the tragedy that occurred in Jinan was only a fuse, and more importantly, Wang Maoru's series of preparatory measures against the Kuomintang had already developed like a bamboo, and they were like a prairie fire, and they could not be stopped.

At this time, Wang Maoru also misestimated an important factor, that is, he thought that this was just a struggle between two parties, but things have developed so far, and it has risen to the level of national rejuvenation. In recent years, a series of tough measures have awakened the national character of the Chinese. The people need a flashpoint, and the Chinese people need a place to vent their feelings.

It is precisely here that Wang Maoru's unification of China's 14.3 million square kilometers of land has brought about the improvement of the self-confidence of the Chinese nation, which has gradually awakened the Chinese people. And this awakening needs to be obtained by knocking down certain authorities, and this is the revolution, and the revolution must have the authority of the object that is being defeated, the authority that is knocked down. It is now the presidential government of the Kuomintang Party, and all the pressure is poured into the sick president Sun Liwen.

"Down with the traitorous government! Reach Sun Liwen! ”

"We need a patriotic government!"

"The Republic of China does not need traitors!"

An American-made black Ford passed through the noisy crowd, and the car was pulled so tightly that it was impossible to see who was inside from the outside. The protesting crowd did not disturb the people in the car, and the protest slogans were shouted loudly, but there was no riot, and a large number of police officers mixed in with the protesters. In the words of the police, they also participated in demonstrations against the KMT government, which they had long been dissatisfied with.

Thus. Even the Ministry of the Interior, which has long been controlled by the National Defense Force, although the Kuomintang is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the grassroots police stations, police stations, public security offices, etc., are all police officers or stewards of retired soldiers of the National Defense Forces. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has long been unable to command the following.

Zhang Qun, the acting internal affairs minister of the Kuomintang who was in charge of the police, dropped the curtain and shook his head helplessly and sighed, saying, "The storm is coming." ”

Sitting next to him was his secretary and friend Huang Yin, a classmate of the Tokyo Zhenwu Academy, a preparatory school for Japanese noncommissioned officer cadets, and another of their classmates was Jiang Weiguang, director of the Department of Communications of the Ministry of National Defense.

"I'm afraid that the official position I'm waiting for will be done." Zhang Qun sighed.

Huang Yan said: "Who would have thought that the impeachment matter would cause so much trouble. ”

"Shao Pu really thinks that this trouble is caused by the impeachment of Wang Maoru?" Zhang Qundao.

"Isn't it?"

Zhang Qun sighed: "This trouble is a conspiracy, even if there is no impeachment." If Wang Maoru wants to be the president, he also needs to get rid of the president. This man is extremely scheming and stoic, and this time it was his counterattack. This is the end of the honeymoon period between the Democratic Party and the Beiyang Party. ”

Huang Yan said: "Brother Yue Jun thinks that this battle will end to our party? ”

"It's hard to say." Zhang Qun smiled bitterly, "It's just that if the Kuomintang is defeated, there will never be a day to turn over." ”

Huang Yin was surprised: "Why is this so, even if our Kuomintang is defeated, it can be endured for a few years, how can there be no day to turn over?" ”

Zhang Qundao: "If the KMT loses this time, its reputation will be discredited. What else can the KMT do now? Only fame can get it. I think that the Kuomintang and Wang Maoru are compared, there is no army, no money, and no public opinion, in the past few years in the government, Wang Maoru has arranged retired soldiers to be the grassroots officials, and has deeply controlled the national power. It was our Ministry of Internal Affairs that could not command the Beijing police, and several police chiefs came to me to complain. It is said that the patrol police, criminal police, resident police, and internal police all ran to participate in the demonstration. Zhang Qun smiled wryly, looking at the protest crowd outside the window, there were really people in police uniforms holding high banners with the words "Down with the traitor Sun Liwen", and they shook their heads even more.

"How can this people be so confused?" Huang Yan complained, "Wang Maoru launched this demonstration, which is to destroy the constitution. ”

Zhang Qun said: "This nine-tailed fox will have been picked up in this event a long time ago, how can you and I grasp the handle?" It's really getting the handle right. I'm afraid that a day later, the evidence will have to be sent to Wang Maoru's desk. ”

"Ugh." Huang Yan was depressed, "What's the explanation? What's the explanation? ”

"I'm afraid it's time to make peace." Zhang Qundao, "The 12 government departments, I'm afraid that all the departments of the Kuomintang have stopped." ”

Come to the front of the presidential palace. The front of the presidential palace was crowded with protesters, and from a distance there were as many as 350,000 people, crowded with people, taking advantage of the cold spring and winter when the snow melted, there were those who bought donkey meat for the fire, those who made sugar gourds, and people who kneaded dough, as if they were rushing to the market, and they were really lively, and it looked like a strict demonstration.

Zhang Qun and the others had no choice but to get out of the car, squeeze in left and right, and walked through the crowd to the front, and saw that in front of the presidential palace, in addition to the presidential palace guards, there were also soldiers from a battalion specially sent by the national defense force to maintain order. Occasionally, two or three people shouted out a voice, and soon it was silent, and I don't know who warned me once or twice and then never spoke again.

"I'm Zhang Qun, the deputy minister of internal affairs, let me go." Zhang Qun said to everyone.

With their identity, Zhang Qun and the others entered the presidential palace, and when they saw that everyone was there, they handed over their coats and coats to the subordinates of the presidential palace, put their hats on their clothes, and walked over and said: "It's messy, it's messy, it's messy, the whole of Beijing is in chaos." ”

"What do you do in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Zhu Zhixin said angrily.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs also has to command the police, but the police chiefs below are all retired soldiers from the Wehrmacht, who do they listen to? Still listen to Wang Maoru. Zhang Qun complained, "Our Ministry of Internal Affairs is now a group of generals and no soldiers, unless we all go to maintain order, but there are only more than 100 people, what should we do?" You've taught me that I should change into a uniform now. Or should I go outside and shout that I'm the Undersecretary of the Interior to keep order and make them listen to me? ”

Sun Liwen said: "You guys want to find a way, things have progressed to this point now, I'm afraid even Wang Maoru didn't expect it, by the way, what's going on over there?" ”

Zhang Qun said: "There is no movement over there. ”

At this time, Secretary-General Hu Hanren hurriedly walked in with a telegram and said: "Qin Zhen sent a message from Jinan, Shandong. It is said that one student died in the clash in Jinan, and the gang in Jinan was opposite. The gang boss, Zhang Fengqi, has now been arrested and falsely accused in prison that our Democratic Party gave him money to beat the marching students. ”

"Ridiculous!" Sun Liwen said angrily, he originally had liver cancer in his liver, but now that he was angry, he suddenly felt a little dizzy in front of him. There was a smell of blood at the corner of his mouth, his body shook, and he hurriedly grabbed the chair to fight.

Everyone was frightened enough to make money, and hurriedly helped him sit down, Sun Liwen said, "Go on." ”

Hu Han said: "According to what Zhang Fengqi said, it was Meng, a fellow villager of Zhang Qun, the acting deputy minister of internal affairs of our party, who sent someone to send gifts. Everyone looked at Zhang Qun, and Zhang Qun was also inexplicable, what Meng. said that he didn't know any Meng at all, he knew Mencius, and he was still from Shandong, of course, everyone didn't have the heart to laugh out of his jokes, and the atmosphere was still depressing.

Hu Hanren said: "The most bizarre thing is that after this Fengqi confession, Qin Zhen personally retried it, but he couldn't be tortured. Dead. ”

"Torture?" The crowd exclaimed.

Hu Han said: "Yes, just a few punches, that Fengqi died." Now, Zhang Fengqi's brother-in-law has successfully led hundreds of gangs to protest in front of the government. Alas, one plan after another, it is to kill us. ”

"Wang Mao really deserves to die." Zhu Zhixin said angrily.

This wronged Wang Maoru, in fact, the matter also exceeded Wang Maoru's expectations and control, how could he know what happened in Jinan from far away in Beijing. This matter is still secretly masterminded by Tanaka Yu. For the sake of his wife and children, Zhang Fengqi knew that he would definitely die, so he relied on Qin Zhen of the Kuomintang at this time. Qin Zhen, the chief of internal affairs, had just arrived in Jinan for a day, and he was involved in this matter. It can only be said that the water in Jinan is not only mixed, but also terrifying. Of course, it is difficult to do charcoal in the snow, everyone will do the thing of falling into the well, and this Tanaka jade has also made a move of falling into the well. It turned out that Duan Qirui, the teacher of Tanaka Yu, came to Jinan and secretly gave the student this strategy, so Tanaka Yu had the courage to do so. Wang Maoru's position now is not just himself, but the entire Beiyang clique and the literati group inherited over the millennium, that is, the Confucian bureaucracy, some people may not like Beiyang, but Wang Maoru's support for Confucianism has given these gentry a view of a ruler who is supportive of their culture.

Even though today's cultural reform is a reform without direction and purpose, many people hit their heads and bleed, so they are divided into several factions, there are the Oriental school of study abroad that insists on cultural reform, there are the Confucian old school of traditional culture, and the reformists who have returned from the West and insist on the West for Chinese use, and there are also the enterprising factions who insist on local reforms. In the cultural criticism that began at the end of the Qing Dynasty, all the dross of Confucian culture was criticized one by one, but this criticism was gradually exaggerated, and even some of the most fundamental virtues were criticized. For example, criticizing the culture of "filial piety", it is not advisable to be foolish and filial, but even the most basic filial piety to parents has been denied, which is too much.

Although Wang Maoru presided over the construction of Confucianism, although it had just started, it set a benchmark for many literati and reformist literati who believed in traditional culture, and these people also supported Wang Maoru behind him. When the majority of the literati in a country begin to support a force, even if he wants to fall, it will not be easy, unless there is a baptism like a storm. However, in this time and space, the May Fourth Movement did not appear, and the old and new cultures were still alternating and in debate.

Duan Qirui and other old people secretly and silently supported Wang Maoru, so much so that they hinted that Tanaka Yu poured all this matter on the Kuomintang, and Zhang Fengqi's death became a completely headless public case against the Kuomintang.

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