The brightly lit triangular square outside the General Staff is lit up, and blackened students are listening to a fiery lecture by a professor of Chinese at Tsinghua University. Whenever the professor spoke in a fierce place, the triangular square was filled with shouts and applause from the students -- they had completely surrounded the General Staff Headquarters, and the slogan was not only for Xu Jingxi to step down, but also for the execution of the officers and soldiers who had shot at the patriotic students.

Another hot applause stopped, and the Tsinghua professor on the stage, who was also wearing a scarf in the summer, continued to shout: "...... If you kill six students, millions of students will stand up! You will lose millions of people! You see that we are few in number and have no strength? Let me tell you, our strength is great, strong! Look at these people who are here today are our people, and they are all our strength! And then there are the general public! We have this confidence: the power of the people will be victorious, the truth will always be victorious, and the truth will always exist! There is not a single anti-people force in history that has not been destroyed by the people!

Didn't Mussolini fall before the people? If you look at history, you can still stand for a few days! You're done! Soon! It's almost over! Our light is about to appear! We see that the light is right before our eyes, and now is the darkest time before dawn. We have the strength to break through this darkness and fight for the light! We are bright, and it is the end of the reactionaries! (Enthusiastic applause and cheers)

Now Stuart is the US ambassador to China, Stuart is a friend of the Chinese people, an educator, he grew up in China, and received an American education. He has lived in China longer than in the United States, just like a Chinese student. He is an amiable scholar who really knows the demands of the Chinese people, which does not mean that Stuart Leiden has three heads and six arms and can solve everything for the Chinese people, but that the public opinion of the American people is rising. China will change.

The blood of the students will not be shed in vain! They cost their lives, and we have to pay a price. The martyrs of May 15 fell, and the blood of the young soldiers was exchanged for the sacrifice. The producer withdrew from the stage of history; Now six students have fallen, and their blood is going to bring democracy and peace to this country once and for all! We have this confidence! (Applause)

Justice is inexhaustible, because the truth is always there! (Applause)

History has given us the task of fighting for democracy and peace, and our youth must accomplish this task!

We are not afraid of death. We have a spirit of sacrifice! We are like them at any time, stepping out of the gate with our front feet and not ready to step through the gate with our back feet! (long and enthusiastic applause)"

"Professor Wen's speech is really good!" Zhu Jiahua applauded vigorously, and said to Lu Zhiwei beside him: Four of the dead students were students from Yenching University, and he, the principal, had to come.

"What's the use of telling it well!" Lu Zhiwei cast a hateful glance at the brightly lit General Staff Officer, and now the patrol and gendarmes had separated the students from the General Staff, and the major who gave the order to shoot and the guards who fired had been taken away by the gendarmes for questioning, and the bodies of the students had been taken away by them. All this seems normal, but Lu Zhiwei firmly believes that the officers and officials in the army defend each other. Murderers are not punished justly, and they will eventually get away with it.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhiwei suddenly sighed: "Hey! Why can't the prime minister ...... Can't you ......, can't you let the Praetorian Guard take over the capital?! Then it was announced that the Senate would be dissolved, and the general election would be re-elected, and the constitution would be re-enacted......"

"On what grounds is the Inspectorate explained? What should I do if the army fights? Lu Zhiwei is well-known, but Zhu Jiahua is a bureaucrat, and he thinks more than ordinary people. Now, for example, he only puts on the lights in the square. But he hides behind his own - whether it is for the better of his life, charging into battle or letting the students go. Rushing in like this is a victory. To be killed is to be honored.

"They dare!" Lu Zhiwei of course lowered his voice when he said such a taboo thing, but now when he saw Zhu Jiahua mention that the army would fight, he immediately raised his voice. "There are millions of people who support us, and there are citizens, how dare they ......"

"Well......" Seeing that Lu Zhiwei was really a nerd, Zhu Jiahua wanted to refute but endured it. What the people of the citizen. Nine out of ten farmers across the country support the emperor and are grateful to the Fuxing Association; More than half of Beijing's population of more than 800,000 people were martyrs of the revolutionary period and the war against Japan. There will be more than people with revival, and that is the old birthday star hanging. These current students also rely on the remnants of Mr. Cai Xiaomin's legacy and the members of the fraternity who have worked hard in various universities for more than 20 years. Judging by the situation of today's marches across the country, the progressive forces are only about one million people. There are still many people who are coerced in the confusion of teachers and school organizations.

"Am I not right, Lu Xian?" Seeing that Zhu Jiahua didn't gnaw after a while, Lu Zhiwei immediately turned his head and asked. "Most of the revolutions in various countries were the result of the efforts of a small number of progressive youths, and there were not a few who first occupied the capital and then declared the revolution successful. This is the case with Portugal and the Ottomans, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty fell, it was not Yang Jingcheng who occupied it from the beginning. ”

"This ......" The more Lu Zhiwei said, the more Zhu Jiahua was negative, and when he finally finished speaking, he said: "President Lu, this matter is too important, and it depends on how the Prime Minister, Mr. Shizhi and others think about it." ”

"What else to consider? The opportunity is clearly in front of you! Lu Zhiwei saw that Zhu Jiahua, who had always been righteous and awe-inspiring, pushed the problem to Weng Wenhao and Hu Shi, and he was immediately unhappy. But the problem is that it is he who controls the national patrol police, not himself, so he has to stomp his feet and turn around and go to Weng Wenhao's apartment, where Hu Shi and the others should be discussing at this time.

Lu Zhiwei guessed correctly, Hu Shi and the cabinet members were holding a meeting in Weng Wenhao's apartment at this time. But they were discussing the international situation and the Japanese emperor's radio address early tomorrow morning. No one can be sure what the Emperor of Japan is going to say tomorrow - perhaps to bring the matter to the League of Nations? Maybe because the United States is a great power, the emperor will personally have the audacity to declare war? If war is really declared, then China's situation will be embarrassing, and not following the declaration of war is a violation of the alliance treaty, and the declaration of war is ......

"Can you get the Inspectorate to hold an early meeting tomorrow?" Jiang Tinghuang of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs came up with a clever idea. "Adopt the proposal before the emperor broadcasts, so that when the Japanese ambassador informs us of a declaration of war, we can not declare war on the United States under the pretext that the proposal has already passed."

"Is that really appropriate?" Weng Wenhao felt unhappy for a while, but he thought that this could avoid declaring war on the United States, so he endured it again.

"Impeccable in terms of timing." Jiang Tinghuang said, "The Emperor of Japan broadcasts at eight o'clock. But it is impossible to be on time, and even if it is on time, it will take at least half an hour to 45 minutes to wait for the Japanese side to send electricity and translator telegrams, and if there is a delay in other places, an hour will pass. As long as the Inspectorate can pass the proposal within this hour. There is also a reason to be blamed for it. ”

"So the Inspectorate has to meet at seven o'clock in the morning?" Wu Jingchao asked on the side, remembering that Tokyo was an hour ahead of Beijing.

"Yes, the meeting had to start at 7 a.m. sharp, and the news from Tokyo came just after the proposal was approved an hour later. At that time, we could have told the Japanese ambassador that our Court of Suspicion believed that the treaty of alliance would provoke war, so we announced it. Jiang Tinghuang said.

"What about the representatives of the Rifan Academy? They're definitely going to vote no. Jiang Menglin, the Minister of Education, said that he had originally come to discuss the bloody case, but now the war is more difficult than the killing of students.

"You can notify some people...... "Zhang Junmai replied." In particular, those reactionaries can be given no notice or late notice, and as long as there are legal numbers at the congress, then the proposals adopted are legitimate. ”

"But how do we get the Inspectorate to meet early? Is it for Wang Xiaoxu or for Wu Jinglian? Xu Xinliu smiled. Both of these are Revival members. Delegates are informed that the early meeting is to be notified by the two Chairmen. How can we hide from the representatives of the Renaissance Society? Besides, what reason do we have for them to give advance notice for the meeting? The Court of Suspicion is not under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister's Office. ”

Xu Xinliu immediately vetoed Jiang Tinghuang's idea, but in the end, there are still many smart people, but Zhang Dongsun said: "Do you think this is feasible?" It is said that because they want to comfort the students and quell the incident, the Prime Minister's Office and the other 12 ministries will all go to work an hour late tomorrow, and they will go to work again after the proposal of the Inspectorate is approved. Japan declared war without our knowledge and without consulting with us. Anyway, I just don't count. Now the Inspectorate has passed the proposal again, so ......"

Zhang Dongsun thought he had a plan. Lu Zhiwei, who didn't want to be outside, said loudly: "Brother Yongni, now we don't want to think about Japan, what we have to do now is to immediately let the Praetorian Guards and patrol police take over the capital, dissolve the Inspectorate and declare a general election, and rebuild a free, popular, and fraternity republic!" ”

Lu Zhiwei came uninvited and instigated a coup d'état as soon as he came, which made Weng Wenhao very unhappy. But for the sake of him being the president of Yenching University, Weng Wenhao just smiled and didn't speak. On the contrary, Hu Shi, who was listening quietly just now, looked at him with some reproach, "Zhiwei, why are you here?" You're not on the other side of the pond......"

"Why can't I come?" Lu Zhiwei strode closer. But he did not sit down. "Brother Yongni, I'm here to petition for the people! Now is the best time for us to take over the capital, the best time to establish a democratic republic, why not act now?! ”

"Brother Zhiwei, please sit down first. If you have something to say, speak slowly, don't get excited. When Wu Jingchao saw Lu Zhiwei like this, he immediately stood up and pulled him aside to sit down. I didn't want Lu Zhiwei to break free of his hand, and said even more sharply: "What are we waiting for?!" Are you waiting for those people to kill the students again? Bloodshed comes at a price! Is the blood of these students shed in vain? ”

"Zhiwei!" Hu Shi originally felt that it was no good thing when he heard Lu Zhiwei coming, but Weng Wenhao let him in out of the sense of compassion for the students. "Now specialized. The power of the system is still very strong, and when it comes to this point, it is good to force Xu Jingxi down, and he can't ask for anything more. ”

"Appropriate!" Lu Zhiwei was even more unhappy when he saw that Hu Shi was also opposed to him--he believed that scholars should be different from bureaucrats, and should have the strength and courage of justice. At this time, Xu Jingxi and the others were surrounded by the students, and they had no choice but to shrink into the room. What power do they have? If they were going to do it, they would have done it a long time ago, so why wait until now? What does this mean? This illustrates the specialization. The maker is weak and afraid! They are afraid of the students, they are afraid of the people, and they dare not do anything that is angry with the people......"

"Brother Zhiwei, let's sit down." This time, it was Weng Wenhao who personally came over to help Lu Zhiwei sit down, and he also handed him a cup of tea. "Brother Zhiwei, I am also very distressed about the students, but it is one thing to condemn the murderer, and it is another thing to change the country's political system. Not specialized. The forces of the system are afraid, they are not afraid at all. The reason why they didn't do anything was because we didn't do anything against the law, that is, within the rules that Yang Jingcheng had set before him. But once we take over the capital and announce a new election, it's outside the rules......"

"But we have the people's ......" Lu Zhiwei argued to himself, and this time it was Wu Jingchao who interrupted his words.

"Brother Zhiwei, Yang Jingcheng has never taken the people seriously. In the past, he only used the people and represented the people, but after the May 15 massacre, he could no longer fool the people and represent the people, so he retreated to Guanwai. According to the news from the Tonghua University Hall, in the past ten years, he has made a more specialized set on the basis of the theory of civilization. system, more vicious theories. I won't say much else, just one sentence. ”

Wu Jingchao took a deep breath when he said this, whenever he thought of it. He always shuddered. "Here's what it says: '...... The only measure of virtue is bravery, and the basic condition for the rule of relations is force. In other words, it can be said that there is courage and virtue; If you can kill, you can rule ......'"

With a 'bang', Lu Zhiwei's teacup fell to the ground, he stood up angrily, and asked in disbelief: "He...... Really? ”

Including Weng Wenhao, it was the first time for everyone to hear such a bloody and brutal ruling declaration, and everyone looked at Wu Jingchao. Weng Wenhao asked, "Is this really what Yang Jingcheng said?" How dare he say that?! ”

"I don't know if it's true or not, but this is copied from the Tonghua University Hall, Yang Jingcheng goes there once a month to give a lecture to the children of the nobility, and his speech is copied every time. Judging by the tone and thoughts, this is almost exactly what he said. Wu Jingchao affirmed. There are more than a few sentences in the article, but the general meaning is this.

It is also said that all the clashes of ideas since ancient times can be boiled down to two kinds: one is the inheritance of the spirit of the ancient tribal warriors, and the other is the poison of the literati who cannot hunt or fight. The former takes bravery as a virtue, and the latter relies on scheming; The former defended and ruled the tribe by force; The latter used slogans to incite philistines and seize profits......"

"Enough!" It's really specialized. Systematic and vicious. Weng Wenhao really couldn't listen to it, but in order to let everyone really understand Yang Jingcheng. Wu Jingchao still said: "At the end of the article, it is also said that literati are too smart, so they don't believe in anything and don't accept anything, but they recognize one thing: that is, violence." The former Ming Donglin Party seems to be righteous and awe-inspiring, but all the people are shaved and kneeled down, why is there such a big difference? Because the violence of the pre-Ming Dynasty is false violence, and the violence of the Manchu Qing is real violence......"

"Enough! That's enough!! Weng Wenhao couldn't bear to listen to it, but he wanted to hear it. When it came to the example of the Donglin Party in the end, he really couldn't listen to it. The one outside the gate was not a human at all, but a beast that could devour people.

"He Yang... Does Yang Jingcheng really dare to kill people in accordance with the law? Feeling that everyone was panicked, Zhang Junmai asked in silence.

"He did it!" Hu Shi's face turned pale, his knuckles were tightly pinched together, and his glasses were even more supportive. "Philosophically. This is the oldest and most backward form of conservatism. After the fifth and fifteenth years of the twelfth year of Shenwu, the whole country turned to this aspect. Small government, a liberal economy, clans, and state religions are all direct manifestations of this idea. From this point of view, it is very simple for Yang Jingcheng to kill people, he can even declare that those who oppose the emperor and oppose the quintessence of the country are enemies, and there are kings in the Spring and Autumn Period. ”

Hu Shi's face turned pale, and Jiang Menglin was wet in his vest, but he was a little unconvinced: "But the whole world is tending to progress and democracy, can he go against the trend of the world and make this big country close off the country again?" ”

"According to Yang Jingcheng's theory of civilization, the progress in our mouth is the decline or depravity in his book. In response to the word 'humanity', he actually coined the word 'ethnicity'. He believes that it is precisely because of the release of human nature that the lack of 'ethnic nature' has been caused, and the lack of 'ethnic nature' is the root of national destruction and the decline of civilization. In his words: Everyone advocates humanity, then if the individual dies, the nation will be gone; But if everyone respects the 'ethnicity', then the nation can still thrive when the individual dies. ”

Hu Shi summed it up when he said this: "So to speak, Yang Jingcheng's vicious dictatorship. The idea of system is not only raging in China, but also widely spread and sought after all over the world. Many foreign scholars and journalists often compare him with the Russian revolutionary Li Ning, believing that he has a power that can change the whole world.

Zhaoxian said that Yang Jingcheng wanted to close off the country, and he really underestimated Yang Jingcheng and this country. The reason why everyone thinks that liberal democracy is the trend of the world is because the Entente defeated the Allies in the last World War, and if Germany had won, would everyone think so? In Western parlance, war is God's judgment, and if the next war is lost by the free nation, then the situation is ......"

Hu Shi's words have no ending, but everyone understands what he means, but most people don't believe it, Zhang Dongsun smiled dryly: "I'm afraid it's too much to worry about." If there is really a war, it will also be a naval war, how can China and Japan defeat the United States? Don't forget that he is the world's largest industrial country, and even more so, the world's richest country, not to mention the fact that he has 30 to 40 million cars alone, almost one for every four people. If we hadn't thought that it would have been difficult for the country to build for more than 20 years, I would have felt that it would be better to fight a war in China's situation, and that losing the war would allow the Americans to help us build democracy......"

"Do you know how many motorcycles we have?" Wu Jingchao saw that Zhang Dongsun was so ignorant, so he had to remind.

"I don't know about this ......, please let me know." Zhang Dongsun turned his head to look at him.

"I don't know the specifics, but the number will not be much less than that of American cars." Wu Jingchao shook his head and said, "Now the little daughter-in-law in the countryside has to have a motorcycle instead of a ten-yuan bicycle to welcome her relatives, and the stock can be imagined." After he said that, he turned to the topic that was diverted because of Lu Zhiwei, and said: "Prime Minister, I think it is better to follow the method that Dongsun said, tomorrow the important members of all ministries will go to work an hour late, and they will say that they will visit the students, and the Inspectorate will have to find a way to ensure that the proposal is passed." ”

"Hmm." Weng Wenhao was still immersed in Yang Jingcheng's fear of 'being able to kill, only then could he rule', and his suggestion to Wu Jingchao was simply a nod. Suddenly, the phone rang, and his heart immediately tightened, who could be so late?

"I'm Weng Wenhao..., right ......, what?! Troop transfer? What kind of soldiers?! Weng Wenhao, who answered the phone, was taken aback, and his exclamation reached the living room, and all the people sitting in the hall jumped up in shock.

"What's wrong, Yongni? What's going on......" Hu Shi's wheelchair was pushed to the front. Xiucai is the most afraid of soldiers, so he is most concerned about the transfer of troops. "Is it Xu Jingxi who wants to transfer troops into the city?"

"Hmm." Weng Wenhao, who had a heavy face, nodded, he looked at everyone who was full of panic, and said with a smile: "It was Hesun from the Praetorian Guard Headquarters, and he said that the General Staff had just given him a notice that a regiment of troops would be driven from Jinzhou to the capital overnight. ”

"A regiment? Really a regiment? "Some people can't believe it, just now we talked about killing, so when we talk about sending troops into the city, everyone is furious -- in the past, when the Renaissance Army suppressed the landlords during the land reform, and when Sun Wen colluded with the Russians to rebel in Kunming, they all killed rivers of blood and mountains of dead bodies. The Baath Army was abolished, but most of the people in the Baath Army are still there.

"Hesun said that the notice is a regiment, an armored regiment." Weng Wenhao said, he said and pretended to smile easily: "It is estimated that Xu Jingxi was blocked by the students, so he should send some chariots into the city to strengthen his courage." ”

"If it's difficult, can't you not let it go? According to the Constitution, doesn't the Taiwei Mansion also have to listen to the Prime Minister's orders, isn't it illegal to transfer troops without authorization? Lu Zhiwei Shicai's expression was excited, and now his face darkened when he heard that the troops were transferred into the city. He is good at lecturing, writing articles, and doing scholarship, but he can't fight and kill people.

"According to the law of separation, the nobles can mobilize their personal guards at any time, as long as the guards and the guards do not travel together, and it is not illegal to report to the military districts along the route and pass through harmlessly." Wu Jingchao, the secretary of the prime minister, is most familiar with the law and remembers all kinds of troop transfer authority very clearly. "Xu Jingxi made meritorious contributions in planning the war against Japan back then, and he was crowned a marquis, and his guard could have a regiment."

"Rotten nobles!" Lu Zhiwei scolded. His heart gradually relaxed: it was just a regiment, and the Praetorian Guards numbered tens of thousands.

"Prime Minister, I don't think Xu Jingxi's deployment of troops will be as simple as being courageous." Wu Jingchao asked in a low voice, he felt that something was wrong.

"So what does he want to do?" Weng Wenhao asked. "What can an armored regiment do? Isn't it just a few iron lumps? (To be continued.) )