Chapter 25: The Death of the Nation 3

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It is actually a right-angled triangle with a moat and a city wall in the northwest of the county seat in Shanghai (now Renmin Road Note 1), Ningbo Road (now Huaihai East Road) to the north, and Baliqiao Road (now Yunnan South Road) to the west.

If you want to get out of Siming Gong, one way is to turn right north and take Gongguan Road (now Jinling East Road), and go east to the riverside wharf. But the French were not allowed to come, and at the same time, this road was within the French Concession and could not conflict with the Manchus; The other road is to go south and take Baliqiao Road, enter the city from the west gate of the county seat of Shanghai, and then pass through the county seat to the riverside, but the Baliqiao Road is a broken road, and it is a moat in the past, which is impassable. The final result was to go west from Ningbo Road, to the south on Baochang Road (Huaihai Middle Road), to the south on Glock Road (Liulin Road) and Jile Road (Ji'an Road), and then to the east on Lafeide Road (Fuxing Middle Road), and to enter the west gate of Shanghai County (Note 2).

In this way, it is equivalent to going around in the concession, the French concession walked three miles, and then entered the county seat and walked another four miles, leaving the city to the riverside wharf. It doesn't matter if the French Concession is in the county, but as soon as you enter the county seat of Shanghai from the old West Gate, only God knows what the situation will be.

Zhong Mei and Xiang Xiaoping were wiping the Swedish-made 96 Mauser rifles brought back from outside the customs, and they wanted to kill those dog officials if the Manchus shot everyone when they entered the county town of Shanghai. The guns were maintained when they were brought from the Northeast, and now they are just wiped again.

"Sir is going to the parade too?" Zhong Mei asked.

"Yes, Mr. Cai will go too, they will all go!" Shao Lizi shook his head, very puzzled, among so many classmates in the special class at the beginning, he was powerless, and he was the most like a literati.

"It's nothing, depending on the behavior of all gentlemen, you have to hide behind. It is impossible to send students to their deaths. Zhong Mei patted the gun and carefully stuffed it into a thick sedan pole.

"But if something happens to Mr. Wang, it will be very bad for the revolution!" Shao Lizi said.

"I don't want anyone to have anything wrong, but this time we're going to find something!" Zhong Mei said resolutely, "I think back then, Tan Sitong of the royalist party dared to treat death as home, is my revival association not even as good as the royalist?" To those dirt chickens and tile dogs. What to fear! Zhonghui, don't read too many books, the more you read, the less courage you have. ”

He said, and said to Mu Xiangyao: "Did the villain surnamed Wang also go to the parade?" ”

"! He said that the gentleman wanted him to control public opinion, so he couldn't go. It's just a cheap embryo that hasn't been planted. It will only make others die! Mu Xiangyao still hated Wang Xiaolin, he thought that it was this person, and that Liu Guanghan made things like this, not only so that Yongfan and them could not be buried in peace, but also let a few gentlemen rush to the front of the parade.

"Fuck it. The next time I see him, I want him to look good! Zhong Mei said fiercely.

Zhi Chanxi was very happy when he read the announcement of the revival in various newspapers in Shanghai. said to Ying Guixin, who was kneeling on the ground, in a harmonious voice: "Mengqing, you have made a miraculous achievement this time, not only messing up Zou Rong's case, but also forcing everyone in the Revival Association out. All right. That's great! Hurry, hurry up. ”

Ying Guixin was overjoyed, but she still said modestly: "It's all up to adults to cultivate." ”

Different from the joy of the two of them, Yuan Shuxun was very sad in his heart, and he hesitated for a while before saying, "Lord Zhi." I am afraid that the revolutionary party is deliberately trying to make a big fuss about this matter, and if we arrest people, the masses will be angry, and something serious will happen. ”

"Arrest? Hum! I'm going to kill someone! "Zhi Zanxi is becoming more and more dissatisfied with Yuan Shuxun, he has now completely regarded him as Yu Mingzhen's second, he only knows how to curry favor with the revolutionary party, and he doesn't take the court seriously at all." Come on. Call all the patrol officers from all over the place, and then go to the Jiangnan Bureau to look for it, see if there is a stun gun, and if so, bring it over. I just want to see. Is it the hard head of the revolutionary party or the hard bullet of my Qing Dynasty! ”

Yuan Shuxun heard that he was going to find the electric gun, his hand shook, and the atmosphere in the living room was suddenly tense, Zhi Zanxi seemed to feel this tension, and deliberately smiled: "Lord Yuan, if you don't kill all the revolutionary parties, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to explain to the capital." ”

"The lower officials are incompetent! It is really sinful and guilty to make the court worried. Saying that, Yuan Shuxun suddenly knelt in front of Zhi Zanxi, took off his top and said: "The lower official is so incompetent, but he is still ashamed of this position, it really shouldn't be." I also asked Lord Zhi to call the military plane and fire the old minister. ”

Seeing his attitude, Zhi Zanxi hated it in his heart, these Han officials, if there are good, they will be avoided, no one wants to offend, they are very slippery, he gritted his teeth and smiled, "Okay!" Lord Yuan is so worried about the emperor, this official will call the military plane on your behalf. Then he took his top.

Yuan Shuxun saw him take over, and his heart was at ease, he was not afraid that the military plane would really get rid of him, besides, this Zhi Zanxi was nothing more than the emperor's brother-in-law, and he was not an official at all, and his telegram was useless except for being able to take himself out. He went out of the official office, and he still didn't feel at ease when he thought about it in the sedan chair, so he called the servant again, whispered a few words and watched him run to the concession before giving up.

The time for the parade to deliver the coffin was set at four o'clock in the afternoon, but Cai Yuanpei took a bath and ate early, Huang Zhongyu waited as usual, took him a coat, Cai Yuanpei put it on, and she helped him button it. Cai Yuanpei tilted his head and looked at the words he had written earlier on the wall of the room. However, today's wife is different from the past, and the button has not been buttoned for a long time.

"Son, can you not go?"

"Oh. You got it. Cai Yuanpei thought that his wife would read the newspaper.

"Hmm. Can you not go? If you ......" Speaking of this, Huang Zhongyu suddenly sobbed, she had an uneasiness a long time ago, and today, this uneasiness is getting stronger and stronger.

"No, I can't. If we don't go, who will? ”

"Then I'll go too!"

"No, I can't. If you go, what will happen to the child? Cai Yuanpei said, buttoned the last button himself, and then said, "Wait for me to come back." ”

*

On May 6, 19o5, the beginning of summer in the lunar calendar, Tuyao Day, but before school was out of school on this day, there were countless students and citizens on the Ningbo Road in the French Concession. After the resolution last night, Wang Xiaolin immediately called up the photos of the original people and added text. Then he said that the reason for moving the coffin was persecution by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and finally called on "patriotic-minded people" to go and see off the martyrs. Shanghai originally had a newspaper industry, but the city was not big, and it didn't take long for the whole city to know about it.

The matter of the Revival Army was originally heated because of those war diaries, not to mention the students, even adults are familiar with the characters in it, and now I suddenly hear that the Revival Army is around. was even forced by the Manchu Qing Dynasty not to stop the coffin in Shanghai, which made everyone indignant. Soon after the newspaper was published, Yu Qiaqing came with the two directors, but under the persuasion of Wang Jitong, their mention was still abandoned.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, several carriages had already arrived to load the coffin. Just waiting to be transported to the docks. Wang Jitong stood at the door of the office, looking at the crowd outside, and couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart.

"Sir, there are hundreds of policemen gathered in the county, and there are some Qing soldiers who have been transferred from somewhere, and there are ......" Yu Ziyi had sweat on his head, "Someone went to the Longmen Inn to deliver a message. On the Jiangnan Bureau's side, two Makqin machine guns were carried to the county seat. ”

As soon as he heard the question of Ma Qinji, Wang Jitong's pupils shrank, and he said, "What about Bu Cen and them?" “

"Got in. It's all in. ”

"Then it'll be fine." Wang Jitong said with a smile.

"Sir, let's go ahead. You ......"

"If you are revolutionary, you have to die. Instead of being arrested at night and dying unclear, it is better to die today to awaken the soul of my Hanmin! Looking at Yu Ziyi, he still wanted to interfere. Wang Jitong said angrily: "Don't be a woman's kindness! How can an immortal revolutionary! Get out of the way, don't miss their ship! ”

The crowd in front of the Siming Mansion seemed to have been stirred by something and divided into two sides. The people who stood far away only saw a flaming red eagle flag suddenly erected outside the gate of the public office, and in the early summer breeze, the wide flag fluttered in the wind, like a smear of hot blood. There is no mourning, no noise. The Eagle Banner walked slowly, followed by an untidy phalanx, behind which were carriages, on which the coffins were placed. Also covered with a blood-red flag.

As soon as the team got on Ningbo Road, a magnesium light was shining, it was a reporter from the Shanghai News Agency taking pictures of the team, and Pu Lande, the general office of the public concession, was also inside. Of course, as a journalist, he liked such sensational things, but he regretted that he could not find anyone to interview, so he could only use words and pictures in The Times to introduce this mysterious but extremely militant revolutionary organization to the British people. As the team went away, he followed with his assistants, and he believed that in the Chinese world, the revolutionary party would definitely have something to do with the Manchu government, and he was looking forward to it!

The old west gate of the county seat of Shanghai is actually called Yifeng Gate, and you can go all the way to the big east gate along the Zhaojiabang when you enter the door, but when you go halfway along the road, it is the official office of Shanghai County. If it did, the prestige of the Manchu court would be ruined, but if the Qing court shot and killed people, the whole world would condemn the barbaric brutality of the Manchus. Zhi Zanxi is a Manchurian, he only knows that if he is not fierce to the Han people, the government will have no prestige, so this time he wants to wipe out those revolutionary parties, but Wang Maokun, the county commander of Shanghai, is not as simple as he thought, originally he also wanted to slip away, but Zhi Zanxi said that he was responsible for guarding the land and could not avoid it.

"Haven't the thieves come yet?" Zhi Zanxi sat at the county office, and somehow he was extremely agitated, and he was very worried that the news that he was waiting here would be learned by the revolutionary party, and then they would not come.

"Your Excellency, the thieves have just left the French Concession and are about to enter the city." Wang Zhutou said, but his voice trembled.

"What? Scared? Ji Chan Hee asked.

"No...... Can't. Wang Zhutou was a little flustered, but he still said: "My lord, there are students in the revolutionary party, if you ...... rashly."

"Bold! This official is doing things, do you still want to point fingers? Come on, drag it down, hit fifty boards! After beating these people, many students raised flags to protest, Zhi Zanxi was furious, and he was still angry after sending troops to disperse, he now felt that the whole Shanghai was a revolutionary party or a sympathizer of the revolutionary party, so as long as someone disobeyed him, he would stand up for power.

The left and right quickly dragged Wang Zhutou down, Wang Xianling stood aside, and seemed to see that the catcher was dragged down with a smile, and he couldn't help but hate it in his heart. When he wanted to jump out of this pool of troubled waters, someone outside suddenly shouted, "Tell your lordship." The thieves are entering the city. ”

"Good! It's good to be here! Zhi Zanxi was overjoyed, stood up and said: "Quick, spread out, hide in the side street, as soon as the thief arrives at the gate of the county ya, he hears the sound of cannons, and takes it down in one fell swoop." If there are rebels. Lawfully kill on sight! ”

The generals standing in front of the yaya shouted in a daze: "Pier! Then it was set up.

Out of the French Concession, the opposite is the west gate of the county seat of Shanghai. Because of the disrepair, the city walls are in tatters, and the foundation is also very heavy, making the city gate extremely low, and the moat in front of the gate is also black and smelly. As for the shanties in the sheds by the river, they were even more clothed and numb, and they were very curious about such a large procession, and many wild children followed the procession.

Seeing that the red flag was swallowed up by the black doorway, Wang Jitong took Cai Yuanpei's hand and said: "Son, be a comrade again in the next life!" ”

Cai Yuanpei saw him like this, and he also clenched his hand with his backhand excitedly. "Be a comrade again in the next life."

The procession finally reached the county office, but students and citizens were on both sides of the road. Although Zhi Zanxi mobilized all the patrol police, Lian Yong from all over the country, and more than 1,000 personal soldiers from the Jiangnan Bureau, there were many soldiers and more students, and more than 1,000 people were blocked everywhere by the students, even outside the county government guard, they were surrounded by the students. Looking at these half-human-looking and childish students, the generals who led the team really couldn't bear to shoot. had to be dispersed, but after being dispersed, they immediately surrounded them, and without saying anything, many people shouted:

"Aren't you Han? Why do you want to help this man kill his own people......"

"The Manchus have enslaved me for more than 260 years, do you still want to be slaves......

"These are all heroes who reject Russia, and you have a kind of going to kill Russians outside the border......"

"My father is the master of the military department, if you dare to hurt people......"

The encirclement and shouting of the students annoyed the soldiers who were lying in ambush everywhere. Seeing that the red flag hit the door of the yamen, the soldiers lit the small cannon in front of the door, and the soldiers were waiting to rush out with a cannon sound. The students have been blocked, after a chaotic battle, the students fell a lot, but the alley still did not rush out, some fierce bayonets stabbed people apart, but out of the street and blocked by people outside, these are not only students, many are citizens who came to escort after reading the newspaper, and the scuffle between the two sides may not be these two guns will win.

The situation is becoming more and more chaotic, but the chaos is also chaos outside, and the eagle banner in the team is still moving forward without slowing down. Zhi Zanxi had already gone out of the yamen at this time, and was startled when he saw the dense crowd everywhere, and when he finally calmed down, he saw the thief going farther and farther, but he was helpless, he was suddenly anxious in his heart, and shouted: "It's all the thief!" It's all revolutionary! They should all be killed! It's all anti-thieves! It's all revolutionary! They should all be killed! ”

Ying Guixin followed behind his ass and didn't know what to say, for him, it doesn't matter if he shoots or not, he just wants to be promoted. It's just that when he saw the students guarding the team, as well as the foreigner reporters who followed the team, he felt that once he shot, he would definitely injure the innocent by mistake. However, he still has a plan, "My lord, these students have been bewitched by the revolutionary party, if they really shoot, it will definitely cause criticism from foreigners, if it is ......" He glanced at Zhi Zanxi, and when the adults listened, he said: "...... The revolutionaries always have to go out of the city, and if they can set up guns at the east gate and shoot down, they will not hurt the innocent. ”

"Good!" Zhi Zanxi was worried that there was no way, and hurriedly said: "Go and do it!" Kill a thief and reward 100 taels of silver, kill a leader and reward 500 taels of silver, kill that Mr. Cheng and reward 1,000 taels of silver... No, five thousand taels! ”

"Za!"

The students blocked the Qing soldiers in the back, seeing the big east gate getting closer and closer, Wang Jitong's hanging heart was relaxed, when he was passing by the county government before, he heard the screams of the students outside, he was about to turn around but was stopped by Yu Ziyi, and then heard the sound of the student shouting, he was relieved. This trip through the county town of Shanghai made him understand how vulnerable the Manchu court was, and perhaps, in a few years, the revolution would soon be very successful!

He was thinking about it, but suddenly saw a ball of blood burst out of the flag bearer walking in front of him, and at the same time, his own body shook violently, as if he had been hammered, and just before he felt the pain, the piercing gunfire came, snapping... The bang was intense, but it didn't take long for the gun to stop.

The guns on the head of the city were aimed at the team, although it stopped after a while, but there were still many people who were shot, and many people who fell to the ground and bled made the team chaotic, everyone looked around in panic, for fear of being shot, and the student reporters behind also rushed up, shouting and taking pictures as hard as they could. Wang Jitong turned around and looked at the panicked people and tried to reassure him, but the pain in his body made him unable to speak loudly, so he moved his steps and staggered towards the fallen military flag. Picking up the flag, holding the flagpole, looking up at the eagle fluttering in the wind, under the white clouds and blue sky, he only felt that the military flag was so red! Wang Jitong held the military flag and did not look back, but moved forward with difficulty, he knew that it was useless to turn back, only by holding the flag and constantly moving forward, and calling everyone by himself, the chaos would end and the team could move forward.

Yu Ziyi in the team just closed the eyes of the comrades around him, and saw the flag fluttering in front of him and Wang Jitong staggering forward, he rushed over while shouting. Yu Ziyi's shouting made everyone look ahead, looking at the military flag that was struggling to move forward, the team suddenly stopped, the ranks were no longer chaotic, the wounded bandaged stopped the bleeding, the sacrificial joint force was raised, and after a while, the whole team followed the banner out of the county.

Oda Kiri, who was standing on the north side of the city wall, put down his binoculars and said, "It's hard to imagine that they are a group of Shina people. ”

"yes. The branch is too big, too old, and there is always something that people can't guess. Zong Beibei, who met with Wang Jitong in the morning, also put down his binoculars and sighed helplessly.

"Zong Fangsang, do you still think that it is the Hunan people who will control the fate of China?"

"Nope! The Revival Society already has a spirit, and it must be them who will control China's destiny. In the future, my work will either bring them close to us or destroy them. ”

PS: Note 1: The city wall of Shanghai County was demolished in 1913, and Renmin Road was also built in 1913, before which it was a moat and a city wall.

Note 2: The South Xizang Road was originally a north-south river, called Zhoujing, and it was only filled in 1914 to build the road.