The shouts in the auditorium of Yenching University soon turned into a shout in front of the main hall of the Beijing Patrol Police, but the slogan changed from twelve words to eight words: 'Punish the murderer severely, patriotism is not guilty'.

At No. 45 Mao'er Hutong, the former Qing Dynasty's Jiumen Admiral's Mansion, and the current Jingshi Patrol Police General Hall, the director Zhang Zongxiang was very restless. He really couldn't understand how this patrol police officer became a murderer when enforcing the law, and how a person who beat people and set fires became patriotic. If this is the case, will not the world be in chaos? However, the brain circuit of Westernized democrats is always unique, after all, democracy and freedom are above all else, and it is irrefutable that whoever they say is the murderer, and they say that whoever is patriotic is patriotic.

"What's going on out there?" The secretary went out to take a look, although he knew that it was just a student trouble, Zhang Zongxiang still wanted to know how many students were outside and how big the matter was. Of course, as a former classmate and friend of Lu Ding, the lord of Taishan in Zhenguo, he is not afraid that he will trouble himself from above, and he will have to fall in a year at most.

"My lord, there are thousands of students outside, and they are blocked at the mouth of the alley. They said they were here to petition, and they said that they wanted us to release the Yan college students who were arrested a few days ago. "The secretary didn't go out of the yard either, but just asked the doorman in the yard.

"Nonsense!" Zhang Zongxiang sat down. Every time he hears this kind of call, he asks the other party to guarantee - after the law reform thirteen years ago, the guarantee is not a matter of one sentence, but once the guarantee is given, he will bear all the legal responsibility, and it may even be that the guarantor has been shot in prison instead. The students of Yan University are all criminal offenders, in case they escape. The guarantor will be sentenced to prison in lieu of imprisonment, so no one dares to vouch.

With a wave of his hand, the secretary withdrew. When the door closed, he felt noisy, and he had to get up and close the window himself. So noisy is not noisy. But in the summer, it is very hot with the windows closed, even if the fan is turned on. Zhang Zongxiang was quite discouraged, and he wanted to know whether there were also students making trouble and petitioning on the side of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and how the Kuomintang treated the petitioning students.

Zhang Zongxiang was worried about the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but the Ministry of Civil Affairs actually did not have student petitions, only Situ Leiden, Hu Shi, Lu Zhiwei, Mei Yiqi and others were personally negotiating with Luo Longji, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This popular doctor of political science was once a student leader at Tsinghua University.

"Ladies and gentlemen. It's really hard to do! "Looking at Situ Leiden, Hu Shimei, Yiqi and others, Luo Longji was also helpless." The case has been filed, and the patrol police have found a lot of evidence when they arrested it, and there are a lot of certified and physical evidence from the Imperial Daily, and the case is said to be tried at the beginning of next month......"

"But they're just students!" This is the first time that Lu Zhiwei, the president of Yan University, has come out to negotiate in person, and before that, Hu Shi and others were trying to figure out a way, but at this time, I heard that Luo Longji said that the matter was so serious, and his stubborn temperament was committed again.

"Mr. Lu is at ease, and the students are also thinking of a way. But they are all over 14 years old, this is ......" Luo Longji paused, and stretched out his hands to Tsinghua President Mei Yiqi and Lu Zhiwei. "Nothing else in my country is good, but this justice is ....... It's really independent. The prime minister has personally negotiated with the Inspectorate for this, but people just don't buy it! ”

"What judicial independence?" Lu Zhiwei was very disdainful. He used to be proud of it, but then he saw through it. "It's all rotten laws. One person commits a crime and the whole family is tried under this law. The independence of the judiciary is tantamount to cruelty to the people. ”

"Zhiwei!" Hu Shi saw Lu Zhiwei, who couldn't suppress his excitement, and had to call him. At yesterday's memorial service, he instigated the students. Today, I have to petition, and I have done it very out-of-line, and these practices have put the current cabinet under great pressure, and Weng Wenhao has also complained. After Hu Shi stopped Lu Zhiwei, he looked at Luo Longji again, "Where are those students locked up?" Can we see it? ”

"This ......" I didn't expect Hu Shi to meet those students, Luo Longji was a little surprised. How can Mr. Shi ...... in a prison place?"

"I haven't seen me as a division commander since they were arrested, can I visit the prison now?" Hu Shi asked.

"This ......, it's okay to visit the prison." Everyone is a brotherhood, what can't we. Luo Longji immediately put down the trivial things around him and accompanied Hu Shi and his party to Mao'er Hutong. At this time, the students who had been shouting under the sun for a long time were very sleepy, and when they saw the teachers coming, the students suddenly came to the spirit again, and the various "Mr. Suitable" and "Mr. Principal" shouted eagerly. Zhang Zongxiang in the house didn't expect Luo Longji, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to come in person, although he was reluctant, he still went out to greet him.

"Director Zhang, it's so easy here!" Looking at Zhang Zongxiang, who came out to greet him, Luo Longjipi didn't smile, and so did Zhu Jiahua, who was in charge of patrolling the police from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who was standing next to him. Originally, Zhu Jiahua wanted to sit in the position of director of the National Security Bureau, but because of his status as a 'traitor to the National Security Bureau', he had to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to take charge of the national patrol police.

"The students don't stop petitioning, how can there be any escape." Zhang Zongxiang looked at the **** party (there are rumors in the Kuomintang that there are many ****, so it is jokingly called the **** party), and then looked at the foreigner Situ Leiden, and after saluting, he smiled and did not smile. "If the adult has something to call and tell the lower officials, the lower officials will do it, how dare you work in person."

"Hehe, in that case, then Master Zhang will let those students go." Seeing Zhang Zongxiang's official tone, Luo Longji immediately ordered.

"Then please ask the adults to help draw the guarantee ......" Zhang Zongxiang looked at the person who looked at it, and said: "The foreign adults can't be counted, so even the adults, the lower officials can release a student." ”

"A guarantee is a guarantee!" It was Lu Zhiwei who spoke. He hated bureaucratic behavior the most, especially after learning that Zhang Zongxiang was born in Japan.

"The guarantee also depends on whether it is enough or not." Seeing that someone was glaring at him, and he was still wearing a suit, Zhang Zongxiang immediately replied with a smile, "There are only a few people in the household registration book, and there is no property in the household register, such a person may be faster than the suspect if he guarantees it." ”

"Presumptuous!" Luo Longji has always been bold and fiery, and the cabinet appointed him as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in order to suppress the scene. At this time, seeing Zhang Zongxiang mocking Lu Zhiwei's widows, proletarians and unemployed, he immediately went crazy.

"Hehe, offended." Zhang Zongxiang politely apologized immediately. He is worthy of being an old bureaucrat, and he can do everything in a good way.

"No more gossip. I have come today to see those ...... Students, can you see it? Luo Longji burst into a drink and then became gentle. After all, he came to visit the prison, and the county official was not as good as the current management, so he had to speak in person.

"This ......" Zhang Zongxiang looked at the few people who came and stared at him, the 'Dongchang traitor' seemed to be more threatening, and immediately laughed, and said: "The adults are here for this kind of trivial matter, haha...... such a trivial matter is just a phone call." ”

Zhang Zongxiang didn't say that he could see it or not, and Luo Longji was puzzled. He said: "Don't fight haha, can you or can't?" ”

"Your Excellency, you're here in person, how can there be anything you can or can't." Zhang Zongxiang said, he stopped after saying it, and said after a while: "It's just that the students outside here are always petitioning and it's not a way, it's too noisy, and people don't want to sit in class." ”

"You let people go, and the students are naturally not here to petition." Lu Zhiwei said again. He became more and more disgusted with Zhang Zongxiang's bureaucratic attitude.

"What do you think?" Luo Longji completely stands in the cabinet position, but it is not easy to offend Lu Zhiwei and others, who are the elders.

"Students should go back to class. Petitioning is not a proper business. Hu Shi said. Besides, the sun is so hot, what should I do if I get sick? ”

"I agree with Mr. Suitable." Stuart expressed his attitude that he did not see the arrest of the students as a conspiracy or persecution.

"Then we'll have to wait until we meet people first." Lu Zhiwei was appointed by Situ Leiden, since the old principal did not agree with the petition. He had no choice but to give up.

"Students go first." Zhang Zongxiang and Lu Zhiwei are screwed up. From the past to the present, after so many years as a police officer, he knows too well the virtues of these activists. It is necessary to plan for students to leave the venue early.

"You!" He insisted so much, Luo Longji was immediately unhappy, which was equivalent to not taking him as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in his eyes.

"My lord, I'm relieved. I don't feel at ease as a student. They are young, as long as someone instigates them a little. You can do anything. If the students don't leave, the prison is really hard to visit. What if something comes out of it and stimulates the students? Zhang Zongxiang smiled bitterly, "When the time comes, whether I am beaten by students or students are beaten by patrol police, it will not be good." ”

"It's okay to visit the prison according to the law, how come you have the conditions?!" After Zhang Zongxiang finished speaking, everyone was angry, and Mei Yiqi, the president of Tsinghua University, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't be angry.

"This gentleman, it is okay for family members and friends to visit the prison according to the law, but they can only visit once every ten years, and this time this time has already passed. Lawyers are not among them, but you are not lawyers to the suspects. Zhang Zongxiang explained. In fact, our patrol police just arrested people according to the rules, and they didn't dare to make trouble at all, and if they really wanted to petition, they should go to the Tingwei Mansion, but ......, anyway, it was a soft pinch of persimmons, so I recognized it. ”

originally thought that the patrol police department was a bad person, but when Zhang Zongxiang said this, he became a bad person. Sven's Mei Yiqi was embarrassed to hold his glasses, the tough Lu Zhiwei hated him for reversing black and white, and Luo Longji brushed his sleeves, Zhang Zongxiang really didn't give him face like this. In the stalemate, Hu Shi and Situ Leiden were talking in English, and after a while, Situ Leiden stood up and said, "I'll go and persuade the students to go back." ”

"Sir...... "Everyone didn't want to be lobbyists for the authorities, but foreigners stood up, which surprised and delighted several people."

"I believe in the laws of the Imperial Mansion, and I believe in the judgment of the marble judges......" said Stuart Leiden Chinese and went out at once. Situ Leiden is the old principal and a foreign adult, so as soon as he stood up and spoke, the students of Yan University naturally retreated. As soon as the students of Yan University retreated, the students of Tsinghua University, Furen, Xiehe, Nankai University, and other institutions that went north overnight also retreated, but all the students did not know why Mr. Stuart Leiden spoke for the authorities.

When thousands of students returned to Yan University from Mao'er Hutong, Wenhuadian immediately received the news. Hearing Wu Jingchao's return, Weng Wenhao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Finally, there is no chaos!" ”

"Hey! As long as the dead student is not buried, and the student who went north to Beijing does not go south, it is a hidden danger after all. Wu Jingchao said.

"Isn't the accommodation fee in this capital three times that of other places, and where do those students who go north to petition live? Could it be that someone is secretly funding? Weng Wenhao thought of the secret regulation that the accommodation fee in the capital was three times that of Shanghai, which used to feel too outrageous, but now it feels even better.

"It's summer, you can't live there." Wu Jingchao shook his head. "I heard that these students live on the campuses of Yan University, Tsinghua University, Furen and Xiehe, and they also eat on campus. I think Zhaoxian can come forward and send them back as soon as possible, and we can pay for them to buy first-class tickets. It's not a good thing for so many students to stay in the capital. What if something happens again......"

Wu Jingchao is really auspicious, his words are too effective. On the night he said this, something went wrong - a fierce exchange of fire between the U.S. Navy fleet searching for Emilia Earhart in the South Pacific and the Japanese Navy garrison stationed in the Marshall Islands. When the sleepy-eyed Weng Wenhao got up from the bed. Jiang Tinghuang, a waiter at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wu Jingchao, a secretary, and Jiang Baili, a military adviser, had already driven to Wengfu, and they had just gotten out of the car. The military vehicle marked with the tiger head eagle emblem also stopped at the gate in a hurry, and Vice Admiral Xu Jingxi, chief of the General Staff, and Vice Admiral Shen Honglie of the Navy Office also arrived. However, none of these people arrived early as Zhang Shi from the Intelligence Bureau, and when they entered the house, Zhang Shi's tea was almost finished.

"What the hell is going on?" Weng Wenhao's clothes were changed, but his hair was not combed well, and his unkempt hair was high, like a bird's nest.

According to the practice of the cabinet, when the prime minister asked this sentence, the first person to speak should be Zhang Shi, the director of the intelligence bureau. However, the rules of the current cabinet are that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the first to answer. Is it Zhang Shi or drinking tea, only to see Jiang Tinghuang cough and say:

"Prime Minister, four days ago, Miss Emilia Earhart, an American female aviator, took off from Lae, New Guinea, for a round-the-world equatorial flight, and was about to land on the American island of Holand, 4,000 kilometers away, but unexpectedly eighteen hours after taking off from Lae, Miss Earhart's plane disappeared, and the United States Coast Guard patrol ship that greeted her judged according to the last few messages. thinks that her plane should have been deflected in a northwesterly direction......"

Jiang Tinghuang was a cadre after all, and since he got the news, he also found a map of the islands in the Central and South Pacific, and pointed to the map as he spoke, so that Weng Wenhao could know the location of these places.

"The U.S. Navy may have discovered that Miss Earhart's plane had made a forced landing in the Marshall Islands northwest of the U.S. Navy. After the Japanese side rejected the request to search for the island, a fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides. ”

The emergency call in the middle of the night was for a woman, and Weng Wenhao's originally nervous body immediately relaxed. He thought it was a war. "It's just humanitarian aid, why didn't Japan agree?" He asked.

I heard Weng Wenhao say such a thing. Admiral Seo looked at the bird's nest just a stone's throw away and wanted to twist it off and kick it as a ball. But after all, this person is the rightful prime minister of Greater China, and he immediately breathed a heavy sigh. "Prime Minister, the Marshall Islands is a choke point in the Central Pacific, and if you take it here, the U.S. Navy will be able to directly connect to Guam from Hawaii without hindrance, and then smoothly advance to the Philippines." Whether the disappearance is true or not, Japan cannot let the Americans go to the island! ”

"But people are just searching, not occupying." The disagreement between the General Staff and the Cabinet has long been made public, but the new Cabinet has not gained a stable foothold, and the Beiyang Department has not been held back (Tang Shaoyi rejected the nomination of vice premier), so he can only endure it. At this time, seeing Xu Jingxi's refutation of the premier's views, Jiang Baili, a military adviser to the cabinet, immediately spoke out.

"Joke! How can the fortifications be searched casually. Seeing that it was Jiang Baili who made a sound, Xu Jingxi was disdainful. He felt that although this person went to Germany to study, all he could learn was some tone and showmanship - once he suddenly asked him: In the European war, if a German regiment is divided into two teams to attack, how long is the team after it is deployed? Jiang Baili was speechless!

It can be seen from this that although this person was born in a regular military academy, he did not pay attention to military details, tactics, and figures. Like those artillerymen, he did all the things that were sensationalizing: he would only quote some of the more popular war strategic ideas in the West, and would not study the details of specific infantry tactics and artillery tactics at all -- the kind of military popular science literature that does not need to be calculated and elaborate and can only rely on lip service is of course the favorite of literati and newspaper column military experts, and the real military technology and machine parts are as boring and dirty, how can a literati who have always been elegant deal with dirty machine parts?

As if seeing Xu Jingxi's disdain, Jiang Baili turned his head and didn't speak, only Weng Wenhao asked: "Then now that the two sides are fighting each other, what should we do?" ”

"This must be a temptation of the Americans, and we can just act according to the alliance treaty!" Admiral Xu Jingxi said.

"Absolutely not!" Jiang Tinghuang, Wu Jingchao, and Jiang Baili spoke in unison, and Jiang Tinghuang said: "In the past, the outbreak of the European war was because Germany gave Austria-Hungary a blank check. If we declare that we will respect the alliance treaty, Japan, which has been assured, will make things bigger and bigger, and a great war may break out tomorrow! ”

"The big war has begun." Zhang Shi, who had been motionless, put down the teacup and took a few photos from his pocket, "Four days ago. The battleships USS Colorado, USS Lexington, and USS Dratton, Lamson, and Kushing of the US Pacific Fleet left port fully loaded with ammunition and fuel. It is enough to search for female pilots with fuel. But I don't know why they need to reload ammunition? ”

"They are doing this carefully, beware of a firefight with the Japanese navy." Although the photo is for Weng Wenhao. But Jiang Tinghuang still saw what was on it - the battleship Colorado was hoisting shells, which made him feel like his vest was sweating. Only then did he remember some rumors about Zhang Shi, there was nothing in the world that he didn't know.

"It's funny. He, a battleship, an aircraft carrier, and three destroyers, was still afraid of the Japanese Marshallese patrol boats?! Are Americans all rabbits? Xu Jingxi glanced at Zhang Shi with a smile, and sarcastically said to Jiang Tinghuang.

"They ......" Jiang Tinghuang really couldn't find a reason to refute, he had to give up the debate and look at Weng Wenhao, "Prime Minister, tens of thousands!" Don't indulge Japan at this time!! ”

"Premier, this matter still depends on how the Japanese side responds...... Jiang Tinghuang is at a loss for words, and Wu Jingchao, the secretary to the prime minister, does not like the aggressive style of Xu Jingxi, chief of the General Staff. intends to help Jiang Tinghuang play a round game.

"Prime Minister, given the strategic importance of the Marshall Islands, Japan will never back down. If the U.S. Navy were allowed to search the Marshall Islands, the island's defense would be useless. The Marshall Islands were followed by the Mariana Islands, where the U.S. island of Guam was already located, and the Third Navy Act said that an airfield and wharf would be built on the island. Once the U.S. Navy knows what Marshall is deploying, they can fight all the way from Hawaii to the Philippines. In other words, the sooner the U.S. Navy understands the reality of the Marshall Islands. The sooner the war will be launched......" The General Staff and the Cabinet did not deal with each other, and Vice Admiral Shen Honglie, who was in the Navy Office, had to act tactfully. His point of view made Weng Wenhao's eyebrows raise and lower again (this is a sign of Weng Wenhao's seriousness, thinking, and worry) - yes, if the United States really wants to fight, Marshall Letting it not succeed is also a way to delay the outbreak of war.

Seeing that Weng Wenhao was a little moved. Wu Jingchao was afraid that he would be confused for a while, so he immediately said: "Prime Minister, Gu Shaochuan is still negotiating in Washington. Mr. Wang Rutang also attended the enthronement ceremony of the new King of England in London. If we make a strong statement on this, the opportunity for peace talks will be ruined. Just to be on the safe side. Let's start by asking Mr. Shaochuan and Mr. Rutang how to deal with it. ”

"Yes, Prime Minister. Shaochuan is the foreign minister. Of course, you have to ask him for his opinion on such a big matter. After Wu Jingchao finished speaking, Jiang Tinghuang immediately seconded the proposal, he knew that Weng Wenhao was shocked by Zhang Shi's photos at this time, and with his soft ears and short knowledge - this is also the ultimate reason why everyone decided to push him instead of others to form a cabinet - he would definitely change his mind.

Under the street lamp, Xu Jingxi walked out of the Weng Mansion in a huff, and at this time, the staff officers of the Japanese Army General Staff Headquarters Qian Zhengxin Shaozuo, the Japanese Navy staff officer Ugaki Yu Dazuo, and the director of the Korean Special Intelligence Bureau Jin Jiu were watching him approach from a distance. Unlike the nervousness of the Japanese, Jin Jiu glanced at Xu Jingxi's beard and roughly guessed the outcome of the meeting; And Qian Zhengxin saw the angle of Xu Jingxi's hand holding the sword, and also looked up to the sky and sighed, only the most stupid Yuyuan pestered Xu Jingxi to approach his eyes and still look at it, and after bowing, he asked with concern: "Your Excellency, ......"

"Ge Mao!" Admiral Xu Jingxi's eyes widened, glared at Woo Yuan, and then strode into his car.

Xu Jingxi got into the car, followed by Lieutenant General Shen Honglie, but the car only started and did not drive away. Seeing Zhang Shilai of the Intelligence Bureau from a distance, Xu Jingxi asked the driver to press the horn, and the two of them were in the car and the other under the car, and they talked through the window for several minutes before the car drove away. Seo Kyung-hee's car drove away, followed by Jang Shi's car, and both of them left, and the Japanese and North Koreans who bowed deeply on the side of the road got into the car and left. However, when it was their turn, they did not give in to each other, and in the end, it was Jin Jiu's military warriors with great horsepower, and as soon as they stepped on the accelerator, they grabbed ahead of the Japanese with a 'boom', and the shadow of the Japanese little bean was not seen in a few efforts.

A cadre of soldiers behaved like this at the door of their own house, and Weng Wenhao and others, who had already entered the study at this time, could see it clearly.

"The warlord has misled the country!" Jiang Tinghuang, who was deflated just now, shook his head and sighed when he saw this situation, "In their eyes, how can there be any national economy and people's livelihood?" Where is there a peaceful life? Some are just their own meritorious titles. In the long run, the country will eventually be dragged into the war. Speaking of this, he turned to look at Weng Wenhao and said affectionately: "Prime Minister, it is easy to fight, but it is very difficult to make peace. It's still right to say, it's harder to fight! (To be continued.) )