Yang Rui's hunch was indeed correct, and on the fourth day after he and Cai Yuanpei said that, the navy collectively boycotted the appointment of the American admiral; On the fifth day, the teachers and students of the Mawei Shipbuilding School, the Tianjin Naval Academy, the Nanjing Naval Academy, the Weihai Naval School, the Yantai Naval School, and the Hubei Naval School went on strike to protest against the dismissal of the teachers of the school and the change of curriculum without reason by the General Staff. On the sixth day, the staff of the Tianjin Machinery Bureau and the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau went on strike; On the 8th, British Minister Zhu Erdian sent a note to the Provisional Government, expressing great concern over the case of Wu Yangzeng and Zhang Hongzhao leaking secrets; On the ninth day, Wu Tingfang, one of the supreme justices, submitted his resignation in protest against Wu Yangzeng's case, but was persuaded by Shen Jiaben to give up; On the 10th, many students from the Beijing Normal University Hall, Beiyang University, and Tangshan Road Mining School petitioned, and a group of people surrounded Yang Rui in Dali Temple - Han Yuxiu happened to appear in court as a defendant in the case.

There is a geology major in Beijing Normal University, but there are only a few students; Peiyang University also has a mining major, but the number is not large, only a dozen; The Tangshan Road Mining School is mainly majoring in railways, posts and telecommunications, and there are more than 20 people who study mining. But when he heard that there were hundreds of students petitioning outside, Yang Rui suddenly understood why Li Hongzhang said that he was just a pastemaker, and this country can only be pasted, because otherwise, you will offend many characters, and then be surrounded by them.

Li Zilong, who was in charge of the guard, came back after going out and said, "Prime Minister, the garrison headquarters has gone to mobilize the army......

As soon as he said this, Yang Rui was displeased, "Who did it?" Withdraw it. I'd like to see what these people are terrible about! As soon as he said that, he went out regardless of the obstruction, and Li Zilong had no choice but to take someone to follow him.

When Yang Rui went out and saw the banners held by those students. Immediately it felt like the petition had been prepared, and it was not written on a sheet, but made of red cloth. It is unusually dazzling in the crowd.

Dali Temple is in the Xingbu Street, it is the only Western-style in the Manchu Qing Dynasty official office, a three-storey marble building with a bell tower, Renaissance style, the shape is a horizontal 'day' character, built tall, looks extremely grand. Later generations because of the construction of the Great Hall of the People. It was only in this era that Yang Rui saw it. When he walked out of Dali Temple and down the steps, the students standing outside the walls of Dali Temple rushed past the bailiffs and blocked him. Ahead of them. Not only Zhang Xiangwen, who begged for mercy some time ago, but also reporters from various newspapers, as well as foreign faculty members at Beijing Normal University, a few Japanese, although very few Japanese are hired now. However, the traces of the Kyoshi University Hall, which basically referred to Japanese universities when it was first built, are still indelible.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister. On behalf of the Beijing Normal University Hall, the Beiyang University Hall, the Tangshan Road Mining School, and the Nanjing Road Mining School, Mr. Wu is a senior in the geological field, and Mr. Zhang Yanqun is a rookie in the geological field. ”

Zhang Xiangwen was the president of the China Geological Society, and in 1900 he was still teaching at Nanyang College, and he was an old acquaintance with Zhang Taiyan and Cai Yuanpei. Even Bai Yayu, the Tianjin headquarters of the Revival Association, often said that he was very helpful to the revolution, but he was such a person. Today, he stood opposite himself and petitioned himself. Yang Rui's heart swept through Zhang Xiangwen's past, and took his petition, although he didn't open it, he still smelled the fishy smell inside, and the words on it were written in blood.

"Mr. Zhang, I will have someone forward this petition to Lord Shen Jiaben." Yang Rui didn't want to say too much to the petitioners, these brainless cannon fodder had nothing to talk about, he turned around and explained to Li Zilong: "You immediately let someone visit Lord Shen Jiaben and hand him over this petition." ”

Yang Rui came out to accept the petition so calmly to everyone's surprise, but when he forwarded the petition to Shen Jiaben, everyone was puzzled but a little annoyed, and a student shouted inside: "Prime Minister, you are the head of a country, why did you give the petition to Lord Shen?" ”

As soon as he said this, the students next to him also echoed, Yang Rui suddenly laughed, and he said: "Although I am the prime minister of a country, I still have to appear in court for trial, Wu Yangzeng and Zhang Hongzhao are now suspected of leaking state secrets, and they have been prosecuted by the Inspectorate......"

Before Yang Rui finished speaking, the students below began to be confused, and a voice shouted: "That's because Mr. Wu prevented the provisional government from betraying the country, so he was accused of Dali Temple." ”

"That's right! That's it! Before leaving, the government took the opportunity to frame him. The rest of the students chimed in, and the scene began to be chaotic.

Another voice said: "Your Excellency, is the provisional government going to hand over the Shaanxi oil mine to an American company?" Is the nation's oil mining rights going to be handed over to the Americans? Please give us a word! ”

"That's right! Is the Provisional Government going to betray the country? Give us a word of approval! More voices shouted loudly, and the momentum of the scene made the guards around Yang Rui vigilantly protect him tighter.

When he signed the draft contract with Mobil, Yang Rui thought that he would be questioned, but he did not expect that it was not the congressman who questioned him first, but a group of students. His gaze swept over these angry students, and only waited for the scene to calm down before he said: "The content of the negotiations between the provisional government and the United States is an official secret, if I answer your questions here, then I am no different from Wu Yangzeng and Zhang Hongzhao, they are all leaking state secrets!" Are you going to put me in jail? ”

"Whether the provisional government is a traitor or not, the Congress and Dali Temple will make an assessment. Do you think you can replace the Congress and the Dali Temple? Or do you think you can represent 40,000,000 people?! "Yang Rui's words were extremely loud, which suppressed the momentum of the students a lot." If Wu Yangzeng and Zhang Hongzhao are suspected of violating the law, they will be tried by Dali Temple! If you are guilty, you will be punished! This is the rule of the 40,000,000 people's representatives, and it is also the rule of a civilized country. Could it be that if the murderer says that he is patriotic, he can be exempted from punishment? Could it be that if you come here to petition, Wu Yangzeng and Zhang Hongzhao can be acquitted? Could it be that if you have read a book and are a talent, you can be extrajudicial and benevolent? Wake up, everybody! No matter what merits Wu Yang has, no matter what talent Zhang Hongzhao has, as long as he violates the law, he will be punished! Some people want to restore the former dynasty, thinking that human relations can be turned into small things and small things by dotting up and down, which is a dream! ”

Yang Rui finished speaking and left. But Zhang Xiangwen had already stopped him on the side, and as soon as he stopped him, the rest of the students also surrounded him. This block only blocked the way he got into the carriage. The guards on Li Zilong's side were very panicked when they saw that the road ahead was blocked. But Yang Rui is not in a hurry in the human circle, he really wants to see what other tricks these people have, whether they shout slogans or assassinate, he is looking forward to it.

"Your Excellency, you have to be forgiving and forgiving. Why can't they be let go? Zhang Xiangwen looked at Yang Rui, who was not in a hurry, and couldn't help but persuade him, the students were too tender. It doesn't work at all.

Yang Rui looked at him and smiled, "Mr. Zhang, even if you have helped the Revival Society, if you break the law." The same will be punished! ”

"The old man is not afraid of being punished. But Mr. Wu must not be punished! Zhang Xiangwen said, "It is not easy for the country to store talents, and we must cherish talents!" ”

"Do you cherish talents, or do you do it for the sake of favors?" Yang Rui said, "If you are talented, you can be exempted from punishment?" Isn't that academic degree a gold medal for avoiding death? Let me say it bluntly, even if Dali Temple convicts all the scholars of the whole country to be guilty, I am in favor of shooting them all! If you want to say that it is for the sake of human favor, is your favor greater than the sky? Can you be above the law? Are you the emperor? ”

"You!" Zhang Xiangwen is a person who attaches great importance to affection and righteousness, and has received a lot of assistance from Wu Yangzeng in running the China Geological Society. Only then did he keep trying to find a way to intercede for him, but now he was only poked by Yang Rui's words, and he was suddenly speechless.

"Mr. Zhang, let's let the students get out of the way, your petition to me is completely invalid, so let's ask the judge to give a light sentence." Yang Rui said. His previous questioning had already made Zhang Xiangwen dizzy, but he didn't want to talk about the trial, Zhang Xiangwen suddenly remembered the purpose of this petition, and immediately said loudly: "If you let people withdraw the lawsuit, we will go back." ”

"Then you just have to wait for the rest of your life!" After Yang Rui finished speaking, he sat down on the steps of Dali Temple, and the guards around him formed a circle to separate him from the petitioners.

As soon as he sat like this, the students outside suddenly couldn't see his figure, but they knew that after the Prime Minister sat down, these people had no choice, they thought that as soon as everyone petitioned, Yang Rui would always persuade him warmly after receiving the petition, but he didn't think that Yang Rui took the petition but handed it over to Shen Jiaben, and now he is not in a hurry to leave, just sit here and consume everyone.

Guanya Street was originally a dense place for the central government's office, and the news that the prime minister was besieged here soon spread throughout the capital, and the troops who were ordered to go back by Yang Rui received the order of the garrison commander Wang Menghui and turned around and rushed to Dali Temple, and when they knew that it was Zhang Xiangwen who blocked Yang Rui, Zhang Taiyan and Cai Yuanpei on Guanya Street and officials from other ministries also rushed to come. However, before they arrived, several reporters also chatted with Yang Rui.

"Your Excellency, there are rumors that Director Wu was arrested by you because he opposed the Provisional Government's sale of oil mines in Shaanxi, and it was not because of the leak, is this true?"

"If this is true, then Wu Yangzeng could file a lawsuit with the court accusing me of violating his personal freedom."

"Your Excellency, Director Wu Gengzi has resisted Russia's invasion of Kaiping Mine during the reign of Gengzi, and he has contributed to the country, even if he is guilty, should he be exempt from punishment?"

"Hehe, everyone in the Revival Society has meritorious service to the country, is it possible that the appointment can be punished and murdered without guilt?"

"Your Excellency, the Interim Government and the United States now have a very close relationship, will Mobil Oil be given the right and priority for oil exploration?" The person who questioned Yang Rui this time knew W.C. Donald of the Far Eastern Times, one of the three oceans reporters in Beijing who was as famous as Morrison, and although he was fluent in Chinese, he was very strange.

"I have no comment on that!"

"Your answer makes me think you're weak-hearted." Donald deserves to be famous, and when he saw Yang Rui's strict mouth, he directly dug a pit and waited for him to jump, but fortunately, Yang Rui disdained him.

"Your Excellency, some people say that you grew up in the United States, so you have a good impression of the United States, is this the reason why the Provisional Government is friendly with the United States?"

"I'm still auditing university courses in London, England, and most of my knowledge is taught by British teachers, so why don't you ask me about my liking for the UK?"

"Your Excellency, why was Mr. Yan Fu from the Tianjin Sailor Academy also dismissed? Mr. Yan Fu ......"

"Yan Fu is embarrassed to say that he is a teacher of the Water Master Academy? As a military academy instructor, if he didn't study teaching and only did translation, I would have resigned a long time ago. Yang Rui looked at the young man who was questioning, felt that he didn't look like a reporter, and then asked, "Which newspaper are you?" ”

"Ah," the young man was a little surprised, and immediately said, "I, I'm from the Beijing Daily." ”

"Your newspaper ......" Yang Rui read the Beijing Daily. If you don't change the style of writing, I'm afraid no one will buy it. ”

……

In the chaotic conversation, Yang Rui said the most was that there was no comment. He was about to spend time with the petitioning students. Shen Jiaben, who was dressed in sackcloth, came out, he didn't come out alone, there were not only judges but also bailiffs around him. Different from Yang Rui's toughness, his expression was very strict, especially when he saw that Yang Rui was blocked at the entrance of Dali Temple by a large group of students, he immediately shouted: "Dali Temple is heavy, what kind of system is it to stop here?!" Don't hurry up and get out of the way! ”

Shen Jiaben spoke. The black-uniformed bailiff next to him immediately rushed over, and the already tired students were frightened by such a drink, and immediately dispersed a lot. Shen Jiaben walked straight to Yang Rui. He arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency is rude! ”

"Where, where. I also want to thank Lord Shen for relieving the siege. Yang Rui had already stood up at this time, and the carriage had also moved to him. At this time, the student did not leave, and it was not the time to be polite, and after greeting, he was getting into the carriage. When he went in sideways, he saw the scattered students looking at him from afar. He didn't know how to think of the students of the Patriotic Society nine years ago waiting for him in the rainy night, his heart was warm, and he suddenly stretched out his hand to beckon them over, those students were driven out of the courtyard of Dali Temple by the bailiffs, and now when they saw him beckoning, some of them were bold and came back.

"Today I see you both happy and sorrowful. Happiness is that you are worried about national affairs and love the country; Sorrow is a lot of things that you are blind and impulsive, and a lot of times you don't seek truth from facts.

We are a completely new country, but at the same time we are a very old people. This nation wants to be reborn. Then it is necessary to change the current qiē, or more accurately. Except for the wife and children, everything has to change! Without such determination, we cannot revivelate. And what is the most important of these changes? Students, have you ever thought about what is the most important thing for this new country? ”

Having reserved enough time to arouse everyone's thinking, Yang Rui suddenly said loudly, "It's not industry to save the country, it's not military to save the country, it's not education to save the country, it's not human feelings to save the country, talent to save the country, but the law to save the country!" What is the law? It is the constitution formulated by the Congress, she is freedom, she is equality, she is order, without her, if you do not abide by her, then industry is empty, military is empty, and education is also empty. Because the law is empty, we will end up facing a country where officials and businessmen collude, warlords are fighting, and education is in ruins.

Students, wake up! Stop looking at the world with morality, but look at the world with law; Don't look at the surroundings in a crowd, but look at the surroundings realistically. Wu Yang, Zeng Zhang, Hongzhao violated the law, we have to look at the evidence, and we will only be impulsive if we listen to people's words; Whether the provisional government sells the country or not, the Congress will judge itself, and if the brain is hot, what is the use of shouting slogans? ”

Yang Rui persuaded those students, but they only bowed their heads, and he took this opportunity to say again: "We know that many of you are not from the Department of Geology, why are you here?" And those who are originally from the Department of Geology, why did you come here? And Mr. Zhang, why are you here?? ......, you don't say it, but I know it. The righteousness of friends, the love of teachers and students, and the friendship of classmates, you are here for this. But do you know what Wu Yangzeng and Zhang Hongzhao did? Are you really sure they leaked the secret to protect the mine?

You don't know! Many of you don't know anything about it! You have to come and petition just for the sake of love, because if you don't come, it's unrighteousness, and if you don't come, you're ruthless. After all, you're some wretched creatures who have been kidnapped by love! How are you different from the women who have to bind their feet? In the eyes of those women, small feet can marry a good mother-in-law, and no one wants big feet; In your opinion, reluctance and injustice will be spurned, and affection and righteousness will be sought after. Are there any of you who are truly independent and free? Does anyone dare to think what they think and do what they do?

In the past, China was a society of human affection, and those high-ranking officials, gentry and wealthy businessmen, the marriage of marriage, and the worship of worship, made a large but not leaky relationship network. In this network, there are high-class people, who only talk about human feelings, not about systems, and they only look at power and do not follow the law. More than 350 officials resigned for Wu Yangzeng and Zhang Hongzhao, and more than 1,000 interceded for him......

Fart! These are all pretenses, all excuses. What they are most afraid of is that the former society that only talks about human feelings and does not talk about the system will no longer be there, and what they are most afraid of is that the officialdom that only talked about power and did not follow the law in the past will no longer be there, because once this is the case. No one in the network is any longer superior, cannot profit from it, cannot be powerful, cannot be rich or expensive.

They are afraid, and it is because they are afraid that they use friendship as a rope to tie you up to petition. If you don't come, you're ruthless and unjust. Shameless, shameless! There's nothing more outrageous than that! In order to achieve their own selfish interests, these people can tie you up and petition you, and in order to fulfill their friendship, they can wantonly trample on the laws of the country. Is there still this nation? What do they take the law for? What did they do with the 40,000,000,000 people?

In the previous Ding Revolution, those gentry and those nobles who were either rich or noble, never lost money. Because the emperor can change the gentry without changing it, whoever sits in the world they are all superior people; Some of them can see accurately, and they can also be meritorious from the dragon and glorify their ancestors. However, they forgot. Revival was a revolution. It's not a change of dynasty! The kind of human relationship in the past will be gone forever, no one needs a family background, no relationship, as long as they are smart, they can read, as long as they are hardworking, they can get rich, as long as they are brave. You can worship the general, as long as you are honest. can be an official, this is my Yang Rui's promise, and it is also the promise of the Revival Association! ”

Yang Rui's impromptu speech was finally over, and there was no reaction in the face of his students, but Zhang Xiangwen's face turned blue when he said it, and he pressed one hand on his chest, and he couldn't speak, but behind him, those temporary government officials who had just arrived were applauding vigorously, Zhang Taiyan, Cai Yuanpei, Qiu Jin, these people all applauded and smiled towards him, although Yang Rui's speech was his imagination alone, but in fact, it was also the dream of everyone in the Revival Association.

And when they walked towards him, a figure in the mule cart in the distance sighed, "It is worthy of being called Yang Rui, he is unstoppable, he is declaring war on the gentry of the whole world." ”

"You don't understand, the general election is over, and ninety percent of the members of the Renaissance Council are farmers, so why don't he say such things?" Another figure said disapplauded.

"Second brother, it's not going to work here, what should we do next?" The figure who spoke first asked.

"Do it as planned!" The other man made a decisive decision, and then drove the mule to the chessboard street.

Zhang Taiyan went to persuade Zhang Xiangwen after greeting Yang Rui, but Zhang Xiangwen seemed to be shamelessly scolded by Yang Rui, although he used friendship as a rope to tie up students to petition, but it was never for his own glory and wealth, when Zhang Taiyan went to persuade, he turned around and left without looking back.

Seeing this person go away, Yang Rui said proudly, "Uncle Mei, if he can't think of it, let him go." Some of them, old men, are free, and they are all tied up in a mess, and they can't help themselves. We revive members, no friends, only comrades! ”

Yang Rui's speech was not only for the students, but also for the members of the Revival Association, and Qiu Jin next to him asked, "Cheng Cheng said that if we don't talk about friendship, then what should we talk about?" ”

"What are you talking about?" Yang Rui's voice was a little hoarse, "Speak from your heart!" Speak of the law! Do whatever you want, as long as you don't break the law. The avenue is wasted, there is benevolence and righteousness, wisdom is out, there is great hypocrisy, there is discord between the six relatives, there is compassion and filial piety, the country is in trouble, and there are loyal ministers. How many people are free to live under China's Ethics and Etiquette, which eats not only women but also men? All of them are submissive under the religion, what a bunch of cowards! "The more time has passed in this era, the more Yang Rui understands the essence of this era, and now it is not the Manchu Qing Dynasty, I really don't know what this society was like during the Opium War a few decades ago.

The petition was over, and Yang Rui thought about Li Zilong next to him and said: "Let Wang Menghui withdraw the troops, and tell him not to move and send troops, this is Beijing, what is there to panic about in our own territory." And those students, if they are not from Beijing, arrange room and board for them first, and then send them back tomorrow. In addition, Wang Xiaolin sent a reporter to interview him, so that tomorrow a newspaper said that we would send the military and police to suppress the students. ”

"Yes, Prime Minister." Li Zilong said, he was surrounded by students just now, he was very worried, but he didn't expect that the matter would be solved like this, it was really unexpected.

Everything was arranged, Yang Ruicai and a few others got into the carriage, the car was wide, and it was not too crowded for a few people, as soon as he got in the car, he said to Cai Yuanpei: "This year's university enrollment is going to be changed, and the one you said before is still independent enrollment." If this continues, the teacher will be the sky in the future, and whatever he says will be what he says, and in the future, the government will be full of his disciples and grandchildren, and he will be a scholar at all. (To be continued......)