The former Zhenguo Mansion was overgrown with weeds, although there were many people left here when Yang Rui left Beijing ten years ago, but it was difficult to maintain the entire mansion.

After entering the palace in the morning to see Zhu Kuanji, Yang Rui turned here to rest, and while he was asleep, the things he ordered in the morning were quickly completed - at about 3:20 in the afternoon, a murder occurred in front of the Soviet Russian Embassy, and a third-class secretary of the embassy was killed by a Thomson submachine gun known as the 'Chicago typewriter'. The guards on duty in front of the embassy happened to be blocked by a large signboard carried by pedestrians, and the gunshots rang out through the street, leaving only a body full of holes.

Around the same time, the Hong Kong Minsheng newspaper office was also attacked, but this time it was not a Chicago typewriter, a 75mm mountain gun was somehow moved by the thugs to the herbal tea shop opposite the newspaper office, and after 48 shells were fired, the two-story Minsheng newspaper office immediately turned into a pile of rubble, and the Hong Kong police, who had only arrived after the fact, only dug up more than 20 corpses and three seriously injured people from the rubble, and even three seriously injured people were killed on the way to the hospital.

The two incidents seem to be unrelated, but those who have a little knowledge will surely guess that this is a retaliatory action by the military if they read the Imperial Daily newspaper about the assassination of Admiral Seo Kyung-hee in the morning. The relationship between the anarchic Doshisha and Soviet Russia is unclear, and the Hong Kong Minsheng Bao is the Adam's apple of Doshi, so it is logical for the military to retaliate against them. This is the truth, but the Soviet Union and Britain were extremely angry by this. The murder was of Soviet and Russian diplomats, and the shelling took place in Hong Kong, a territory of the British Empire. The ambassadors of the two countries protested to Chinese Premier Weng Wenhao together, demanding that the Chinese side give an explanation and arrest the murderer.

Britain and Russia are both great powers. Although Weng Wenhao, who was lightened by the suspicion of clearing, also knew that this must be a good thing for the revival society, he had no choice but to persuade him politely without evidence. promised that the real culprit would be thoroughly investigated. After sending off the British and Russian ambassadors here, Weng Wenhao turned around and rushed to the Zhenguo Mansion, but Yang Rui hadn't gotten up yet. After an hour of waiting, the meeting began.

"Does Lord Guogong know about the shooting in front of the Soviet and Russian Embassy in Beijing in the afternoon and the shelling of the Hong Kong Minsheng Newspaper?" Weng Wenhao was waiting anxiously outside, and when he saw that Yang Rui was eating noodles in pajamas at this time, he had no hospitality (he came with US Ambassador Stuart Leiden), and immediately asked him bluntly in displeasure.

"You're here to ask the sinner?" Yang Rui was eating a large row of noodles, and his teeth were extremely sharp. Even if they were far away, Weng Wenhao and Situ Leiden could still hear the sound of pig bones being bitten by teeth, and Yang Rui's eating posture was like a leopard biting its prey. Between bites, Yang Rui muttered again. "Is there an arrest warrant from the Inspectorate?"

The two cases of Jingshi and Hong Kong have been done without leakage, how can Weng Wenhao have the evidence to get the arrest warrant from the Inspectorate, but he still said: "If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do." The murder of Russian diplomats in front of the Russian embassy and the shelling of the Minsheng newspaper in British territory will always come to light. ”

"If your life is not good, you will be beaten into a hornet's nest, and if your feng shui is not good, you will be bombarded with a building, how can this kind of thing be blamed on me?" Yang Rui put down the chopsticks and asked the next person to take the bowl away. He took the towel handed by the other servant and wiped his mouth, and then the third servant offered mouthwash, rinsed his mouth, and spit it into the basin served by the fourth servant. Finally, he took the tea made by the fifth servant, and then began to watch Weng Wenhao speak.

The man wore a monocle and had a look as dull as a gaffle. The eyebrows are high and low, and the figure is ....... It was a waste of the official robe that cost three hundred and eighty-six taels of silver. With disdain, Yang Rui just drank tea after glancing. Weng Wenhao was very annoyed by his words and disdainful gaze. Fortunately, at this time, Situ Leiden, who was beside him, began to speak. "Your Excellency, Duke. I wonder what the court-martials will do to those students? I hope you will look at them as students and pardon these children. ”

"The matter of the court-martials has nothing to do with me." Situ Leiden's Chinese is very authentic, but his gypsy-like eyebrows make Yang Rui not have the slightest affection for him, and he found that Situ Leiden also found the slightest bit of Yankee's usual grin and simplicity.

"But, Your Excellency, the court-martial is of the opinion that all the students who marched in front of the pond should be tried, and that there are several thousand of them...... "Stuart Layden had met with the commander of the gendarmerie, Lieutenant General Van An, in the morning, and the general of Sven had signaled that everyone should be tried, not just the six murderers and the masterminds behind the scenes.

With a 'flutter' smile, Yang Rui put down the teacup: "When did Mr. Ambassador think that the law should be changed according to the number of suspects?" The more people there are, the lighter the guilt, and the so-called law does not blame the public, right? ”

Yang Rui's rhetorical question made Situ Leiden speechless, it seems that Yang Rui does not eat the set that Chinese are used to. He said, "But they're just students......

"Mr. Ambassador also thinks that the law will change because of the identity of the suspect? The so-called punishment is not a scholar? Yang Rui asked rhetorically again, and then replied: "Since the Song and Ming dynasties, all the scholars should be executed, I don't think it is that the scholars will not be punished, but Xing wants to re-establish the scholars, and those Qingliuzui cannons should all be killed, so that the country can be quiet." ”

"Lord Guogong, my country is in peace negotiations with the United States, if the trial is unfair......" Situ Leiden saw that Yang Rui didn't give face at all, and was silent at the moment. Seeing him like this, Jiang Tinghuang, a waiter of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who came with Weng Wenhao, immediately opened his mouth to help.

"Law is law, diplomacy is diplomacy. Don't blame other people for what you didn't do well. Although Yang Rui didn't know who Jiang Tinghuang was, it could be seen that he involved in the diplomatic negotiations and immediately refuted it.

"Is Mr. Cheng bound to provoke contradictions between China and the United States?" Weng Wenhao, who was angry for a while, finally couldn't help it anymore and questioned on the spot.

"Going to get the phone?" Yang Rui didn't even look at him, and only spoke to his subordinates.

Seeing that Yang Rui ordered his subordinates to take the phone, Weng Wenhao and Situ Leiden didn't know what he was going to do, but Wu Jingchao, the prime minister's secretary, who had roughly understood his thoughts, sighed and said: "Lord Guogong is such a great man, why should he be like this today?" ”

"That's because someone is so cheap!" Yang Rui glanced at Wu Jingchao with a smile and replied. felt that Weng Wenhao didn't quite understand what he meant, and said: "Some people think that they can use the moral net they have carefully woven to bind everyone and kidnap everyone. Then I can tell these people very clearly here: this is a dream! Although the Chinese folk customs are no more barbaric than those of Japan and not stronger than those of Russia, they have not yet degenerated into the situation of being bound by sheep morality. Those who want to use literature to control the military. You can shoot yourself in the head first to see that your head is hard. It's still a hard gun. ”

Yang Rui said here that the phone had been moved by the next person, and he dialed directly to the General Staff, and after someone called Fan An, he smiled and asked loudly: "Some people say that trying according to law is to undermine the peace between China and the United States, what do you think?" ”

"Sir: Fart peace! The person who said such a thing must be an American spy and should be arrested and interrogated! Although the phone was not speakerphone, Fan An's voice could still reach the ears of Weng Wenhao and Situ Leiden. Weng Wenhao's face turned pale. Situ Leiden secretly called out to God - if no one believes in peace between China and the United States, then war is not far away.

"Is it so simple to arrest, how can you arrest someone without evidence and without an arrest warrant?" Yang Rui smiled, and after he laughed, he said: "But since this is the case, then I think the heavier the sentence for this student, the better, but it must be legal, so that some people say that it is an illegal trial." ”

"Oh God! That's more than 2,000 people......" Situ Leiden didn't expect to come here to intercede but it had the opposite effect, and he stood up with great dissatisfaction at the moment. And Weng Wenhao, who was already full of anger, thought of Yang Rui's words. His face began to turn from white to black, and then to black and purple. He has always believed that the struggle between the two parties should have a certain degree of restraint, at least in the face of outsiders, they should be reluctant to maintain consistency, not to go-for-tat, let alone tear their faces apart. But at this time, Yang Rui ignored the diplomatic relations between China and the United States, making his lungs almost explode.

"Well, that's my attitude." Yang Rui, who hung up the phone, didn't seem to see the faces of the two protagonists. Pretend to be relaxed.

"History proves that dictators will eventually fall in front of the people." Weng Wenhao, who couldn't suppress his anger, scolded directly. But the scolding is very, very gentle, very civilized.

"You're absolutely right." Weirdly. Yang Rui actually agreed with his point of view, "But they are not because of the so-called people, they fell because they were willing to fall." The concrete manifestation of this depravity is that they indulge in sheep-like personal enjoyment, and at the same time, they are bound by sheep-like morality, forgetting their identity as a leopard, and even more forgetting how to use their minions.

From the perspective of human civilization, the fall is certain, but it is by no means now, and it is by no means China, and you can rest assured of this. Now I just want to advise some people: since you have stepped on the single-plank bridge, you must be careful at every step, and once you fall, if you don't talk about yourself, your family, friends, ......, and hundreds of thousands of other people, nearly a million people, will be crushed to pieces and die without a place to bury. Speaking of this, Yang Rui smiled again, "If I were one of these people, I am afraid that I would have asked Mr. Ambassador to apply for a U.S. green card to ensure safety." ”

The threat had never been so direct, Weng Wenhao stood up and shouted, "You dare?!" ”

"It's just that the king is arrogant, why don't you dare?! I think that when the hundreds of thousands of people who disrespect their ancestors, do not wear fancy clothes, speak freely and democratically, and keep their mouths closed to human rights and fraternity are hanged on telephone poles, the 600 million people across the country will beat gongs and drums and clap their hands in applause. Yang Rui said disapprenously, "Japan and North Korea have precedents, and there have been many such things in China for thousands of years. It's just a group of razed banana people, not to mention only a few hundred thousand, even millions of them will be crushed into slag! ”

"You ......" Weng Wenhao was completely out of control, his hand was pointing at Yang Rui, and his whole body trembled. Hu Shi had warned before that he should beware of the revival of the 'Respect for the King', and he didn't want this matter to really come out of Yang Rui's mouth.

Afterwards, he also thought about this so-called respect for the king, but he couldn't find a flaw at all - the Revival Association has admired the quintessence of the country from its establishment to the present, and he raised the banner of reverence, so as long as it is a foreign political ideology, it will all be driven out and eradicated. In today's China, there is an emperor on the head, a gentry in the countryside, and temples everywhere, and the feudal ideology is unbreakable. It is only the port city that is better, but even in Shanghai, every household has a lot of old ideas. All in all, what was about to go into the ground at the end of the Qing Dynasty was revived by the Revival Society, and thanks to the plaque-like fake emperor and the painstaking management of the Revival Society for more than 20 years, the conservative forces were almost restored to their former glory.

"Is this a threat, Your Excellency?" Seeing that the struggle between the two parties was raging, Situ Leiden was not good enough to speak again, but when he heard Yang Rui say that he would hang those people who 'open their mouths for freedom and democracy, and shut up about human rights and fraternity', he had no choice but to speak in the conscience of Christ.

"It's just advice." Yang Rui stared at him and said. "And it's going to happen soon, very quickly! I hope that before then, Mr. Ambassador, you can convince your Congress and the Washington government to allow these people to immigrate to the United States. ”

"Your Excellency, Duke. It's the most savage and brutal threat I've ever heard! Situ Leiden said loudly: "The constitution of your country clearly stipulates freedom of belief and speech, and they will be executed because of their beliefs. This is... This was the act of the Boxers. ”

"Haha......" Yang Rui saw that he was clever in leading the question to the Boxers, and immediately laughed, and he said: "Mr. Ambassador is fluent in Chinese, but he still knows very little about Chinese history. It is the duty of every Chinese person to respect the king and hunt down and kill traitors, and it is the same as the Boxers who attack foreign friends regardless of hospitality. Could it be that these people are all Americans? If this is the case, then all these people have immigrated to your country, and my China has also settled quietly.

As for the freedom of belief and freedom of speech written in the Constitution, of course, this will be observed, but one premise must be kept in mind: these people must be Chinese nationals. Do people who speak freely and democratically worship their ancestors? Don't worship. They say it's superstition; Do they wear fancy clothes? No, they say it's not fashionable; Do you believe in the state religion? No, they say it's superstition.

Of course, I'm just giving these few examples, and there are many more that I haven't cited. In fact, who is a Chinese national and who is not a Chinese national, even if they don't mention their past, just by their conversation and behavior, a discerning person can know at a glance. to these people. If that country is not willing to accept it, I believe that they will not be able to find a cemetery to bury them in the country after they die, and they will have to hang on telephone poles to dry in the air and in the rain and sun. Rotting to ashes. ”

Yang Rui said very complacently, but Situ Leiden straightened his clothes and said very formally: "Your Excellency the Duke." I can tell you very clearly, the Government of the United States of America. And the governments of all civilized countries in the world will never allow this to happen! You're going to do it. The consequences will be unimaginable. Here's my advice to you! ”

"What are you doing with the world, Mr. Ambassador?" Yang Rui didn't care about Situ Leiden's advice, "The Russian Revolution didn't see the whole world back then, and the Italian invasion of Abyssinia was only the intervention of China and Japan. Of course, your country has a tradition of meddling in other people's family affairs, and I have no doubt about that, but if your country is willing to give 20 million lives, then you can come up and gamble, but if you lose ......, the end will be very miserable. - Drop-off! ”

Yang Rui finally called a send-off, and went back to the inner room without looking back, Weng Wenhao was a little at a loss, but he still walked out of the living room with Situ Leiden under Wu Jingchao's reminder. At this time, it was already dark outside, and he didn't pay attention to the threshold when he walked out of the gate of the second courtyard, and accidentally fell into a wrestle.

"Weng, are you alright?" Seeing that Weng Wenhao had fallen just now, he returned to the car boss Tu Leiden and asked with concern.

"I'm fine, I'm just ......" Weng Wenhao, who was helped into the car by Wu Jingchao, shook his head, his face full of pain. He asked absurdly, "Mr. Ambassador, why did a great man become so specialized. System? So savage? So fond of killing? Has he forgotten his responsibility to give the people the rights they were born with? ”

Unexpectedly, Weng Wenhao would ask this question, and Situ Leiden suddenly felt like a poor lamb who could not get the mercy of the Lord, and said in the tone of a pastor's sermon: "That's because he recognized the wrong direction." Yang believes that democracy is the direction of human degeneration, and reverts to the previous dictatorship. The best way to preserve the continuation of civilization is to control the era. He always thought that he was doing good for the people, but what he didn't know was that he had been blinded by the devil. ”

"Is that really the case?" Situ Leiden's explanation entered Weng Wenhao's heart, but he still couldn't figure out why Yang Rui became like this.

"That's right, Weng. If a great man recognizes the wrong direction, the disaster will be 10,000 times more terrible than that of ordinary people getting lost. "Only God can protect us from the temptations of the devil." ”

"So what should we do?" Situ Leiden's words made Weng Wenhao think for a long time, and when he stayed at the US Embassy, he also accompanied Situ Leiden upstairs to talk - now, the only force that the new cabinet can rely on is the United States and civilized countries.

"If there were another riot like the Boxer Rebellion in China, I think the civilized world would send troops to stop it." Situ Leiden was also thinking about what he should do if he was executed after the new Cabinet stepped down, and when Weng Wenhao asked, he could only speculate in general terms without Washington's assurance.

"But if they are just ......" Weng Wenhao remembered Yang Rui's threat just now, with Yang Rui's means, he would not move the overseas Chinese people in various countries at all, and what he really wanted to kill was himself, the 'traitors' in his mouth. …… Just Chinese? ”

"If only the Chinese are the victims, then I think most countries will just sit idly by." Situ Leiden said helplessly, the advice he just gave to Yang Rui was just advice, as far as he knew, Congress, Washington, and the American people would never send troops for the tragic experience of other people.

"Weng, why can't the Kuomintang have an army?" Thinking of the changes in China in the past few decades, Situ Leiden, who understands the importance of force, suggested.

"It's completely impossible." Weng Wenhao shook his head. "It's not that it's technically impossible, it's that no one has joined this army. The vast majority of the people of the whole country are poisoned by feudal superstition, and even if there is such an army, as long as the revival will raise the banner of respecting the king, the soldiers will turn their guns against us. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly became a little excited: "In a country full of feudal, superstitious ideas, that little bit of precious progressive power will only be swallowed up by darkness. In the previous twenty years, we had done too little work. When the country was founded, it should not have agreed to the restoration of the former Ming clan and become a symbol of the country. In this ironclad confinement, no progressive thought can be developed!

Right! Yang Jingcheng had already calculated everything, and at that time it was what he wanted to set up as a king. He knew that once King Min was established and made a symbol of the country, feudalism would be unbreakable. Right! And what Master Y, what Trinity State Religion, all this is to deal with all foreign progressive ideas. Whether it is democracy and freedom, or Bolshevik communism, these are all in their eyes! He only needs to wave his hand lightly and say, 'Respect the king', and without the need for the revival army to dispatch, he can destroy everything and kill everything by relying only on the Trinity cultists and country gentry everywhere......"

The more he thought about it, the more terrible Weng Wenhao became, but Situ Leiden didn't think he was talking nonsense, with his understanding of China, this was a very likely thing. What was the Boxer Rebellion like back then, what will it be like today. Moreover, today's Revival Society is not the ineffective boxers of the past, they are a modern army, and even if the whole world unites, it will be difficult to defeat her completely.

"Your Excellency, if ......," said Stuart Redden cautiously after thinking, word by word, "if your government is compelled by circumstances to invite the government of the United States of America to send troops to help, then I think that if possible, Washington and Congress may send fleets and marines to help maintain order in your country." After saying this, he hurriedly added: "I will try to persuade Washington to send troops, but there are no guarantees of numbers." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for your friendship that I will always remember." Weng Wenhao, who had finished his madness, began to come back to his senses, and he said: "If they hold up the banner of respecting the king, then turning to your country for help will lead us to injustice. After saying this, he got up and took his leave, "I'm very sorry for not helping today." ”

After the U.S. Embassy finished talking, the conversation between Yang Rui and Lu Mei at the Guogong Mansion was not over. Seeing that her man said that he would hang those people up and kill them, the woman was always a little unbearable, so she began to ask questions after the guests finished being coquettish. Yang Rui only thought about how the two retaliations during the day, especially the retaliation against Soviet Russia, would cause reactions, so he replied without a word. But these scattered words were speculated by Lu Mei to make a rough guess, she said: "In other words, this is actually to scare and scare them, not to really hang them?" The purpose is to make them nervous and make mistakes? ”

It is impossible for the feedback from Soviet Russia to come so quickly, Yang Rui saw that the woman was asking poorly, and immediately put down his mind and said: "Almost." Truth, whatever it is, is actually made from corpses and blood. As much as possible, don't give your opponent enough corpses and blood to construct their own truth. Especially those who have some prestige, let them die righteously, only inspire those who come after them to go forward, and let them become walking corpses and expose their despicability, then the truth they preach is just a lie. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Rui felt a little confused, what to say to a woman. He slapped the woman's buttocks, and said angrily: "Go to bed, remember to ...... that set of clothes" But thinking that Xu Jingxi hadn't passed the first seven years yet, he was immediately uninterested, and said excitedly: "Forget it, next time." (To be continued.) )