Chapter 97: Transformed
Outside the county magistrate's office.
The motivated citizens and the Mo Party’s armed forces were making loud noises, singing the Chinese republic songs, and the orators were shouting and questioning.
"Citizens! Citizens! What law did the council violate that it would be slaughtered? We want an explanation. Now everything is fine in Fujian City, and life is much better than before. Can anyone not stand it? Did we just discuss the redemption of the franchise? Those who are full of hearts and suck our flesh and blood will kill all the people in discussion?"
"Who did it? I don't know yet, we can't convict anyone. But, citizens, let's think about whose interests we have redeemed the franchise and requested rent and interest reduction?"
"Just like many essential products in life, what did these franchise people do? Labor creates value. Did they dry salt in the salt farm? Or did they transport salt away? They did nothing, and they just rely on the franchise they obtained from bribes to make a fortune by sitting there. But they didn't invest in capital, they only rely on those complicated relationships and gangs that were fighting for flies... However, they sucked away our flesh and blood, but they made them a copper coin to help the unemployed people unwilling to do so."
"Now they even raised their butcher knives to the representatives we selected, and the army also participated in the rebellion. The tradition has always been that the army can enter the city unless it is the order of the Council or the county magistrate. Now, the Council can confirm that there is no such request. Could it be the order of the county magistrate?"
"We do not believe that the county magistrate can issue such an order, because the county magistrates have always been fair and fair, and the development of Fujian City and the smiles on the faces of the Chinese people are also obvious to all. But just as all the incredible things in science always exist, the reality we see is that the army is entering Fujian City, threatening to kill all those who voted for the deputies of the council, and said that they received the request from the county magistrate."
"They said that rent reduction and interest reduction are not in tradition; they said that redemption of franchise and improving the lives of citizens is contrary to the tradition of republicanism; they said that as long as the Chinese people are raised by cattle that can be milked at any time, they do not need to participate in state affairs at all; they said that anyone who supports the reform of rent reduction and redemption of franchise and change the capitulation tax should be hung on the gallows... or killed by an axe... Look, isn't the Council doing it now? Are the representatives of the Chinese people selected? Are they just chopping those representatives? Citizens! Who do they want to cut? Isn't it clear now? When all the representatives are cut, who dares to stand up and say justice and fairness and the real republic of the Chinese people, they will cut whom until no one dares to say..."
The speech that incited resentment attracted more and more citizens who were originally panicked. They didn't know what was going on, but they already knew it, and they got the news that the army was going to massacre all the people in Mincheng who voted for the Second Council.
In fact, this is not the case. Many people don’t believe it, but not believing it does not mean being angry, especially the deputies of the council who were hacked to death do charity relief work.
The details about profits from various franchises were also told in the most ironic words by the propaganda team of the Mo Party. In addition, the tragic situation of the tenant farmers who had incited more than half a year of survival made these citizens feel extremely angry.
The shining cannons were still being pulled by horses, and street speakers stood on the cannons and shouted loudly. The power of this cannon combined with justice and truth ignited more people's passion.
People were very suspicious of the orders from the county magistrate. Under the instigation of some people, someone had already thrown at the door of the county magistrate's mansion with sticks and stones. The soldiers guarding the door were sweating, but they had to carry the guns on their bodies... They were afraid that if the guns were fired, the three cannons on the opposite side and more than 400 flintlock guns would have a volley.
Amid the scolding and noise, Alas, the far mountain has made a decision that will affect his second half of his life.
He stepped forward to the crowd and shouted: "Citizens! I lament that the distant mountains can guarantee that I have never made such a request. Besides, don't forget that I am the honorary chairman of the second council you selected. If you want to say that the council is a rebellion, then I am the leader of the rebellion! Will I slaughter myself?"
"Now, I will send someone to ask who the order is this. If it is from the capital... I will argue with reason and carry the coffin to the capital and convey everything to the king. I believe that our republic will not issue such an order. It must be that a treacherous villain has done something ulterior motive!"
"Citizens! If it is neither the order of the king, nor the request of the Council, nor my request, then I can declare that whether it is the army entering the city or the previous attack on the Council, it is a rebellion! A rebellion that threatens the Republic!"
"If that is the case, I ask you, the citizens of Fujian City, the people of the great republic! Fight like our ancestors defend the republic and suppress this rebellion!"
"This is my request from Yuanshan. I am not only the governor of Fujian County, but also the honorary chairman of the council, and also the request of an ordinary republic!"
"I am here to swear to Tianmeng that I have no action against the interests of the people of Mincheng. And before this rebellion is quelled, I will stand here until the rebellion is quelled!"
"Before this, if I make any move to retreat, you can see me as running away and as colluding with the rebels. You can kill me with the gun in your hands at any time!"
"Long live the republic of the Chinese people!"
As he shouted loudly, the far mountain realized that he had no way out and would be named after historical books.
If this cry fails, he will be the first county magistrate to be executed for the crime of "rebellion".
If this cry succeeds, he will be the first to transform from a bureaucrat in the old system into a spiritual leader who protects the interests of the people of the country.
As for the choice, it is not exciting:
If this is the order above and he has not received it, it has proved that he is no longer his own person in the eyes of the person above.
If this is a conspiracy of some people, then the Mo Party pulled three cannons from the county magistrate's office to prove that the conspiracy will inevitably fail. The lower-level uprising has always been cut off as a soldier. Looking through the book, Yuanshan felt that he had opened his eyes. The artillery and grassroots officers who were suppressed were stronger than the suppressed ones. The first time he saw the Yishui'er's flintlock gun used by the suppressed ones, and the suppressed ones also had a large number of combs. The first time he saw the young man who was suppressed used a hot air balloon and a telescope to observe the enemy situation and draw drawings. It was also the first time that the suppressed ones cleared the chaos in the city within two hours and filled the carriage with carriages.
In his opinion, as long as the city of Mincheng was not completely controlled by the army within half a month, the Mo Party was not destroyed by most of the people, and the death of the opposite party was waiting for. Even if it was really the order from the above, the Mo Party would never let the participants go. Even if it could not defeat all the old forces, the last attempt in Mincheng... the gallows would be placed from the county magistrate's mansion to the dock.
When it really came to that point, the Mo Party was too lazy to use any legal documents for others to see. He was sure that was so.
After the passionate speech, some of the Mo Party members took the lead and rushed to the side of the Aoyuan Mountain. Several strong men raised him up and shouted loudly: "Long live democracy! Long live republic!"
More than 400 organized members of the Mo Party also shouted together, mobilizing the citizens beside them to shout together.
I was raised high and felt a chill in my heart, thinking that this was not supported by everyone?
This is clearly the courage to use me as the courage of the masses!
Amid the loud shouts of the masses, a temporary member of the Mo Party immediately took three pieces of paper and asked the signature of Yuanshan to stamp the letter.
"If it is found out that the other party is a rebellion and there is no formal order, please request the enlistment of nearby carriages and transport them to support the counter-rebellion battlefield to quell the rebellion."
"If it is found out that the other party is a rebellion and there is no formal order, please ask the county magistrate to order all military training and retired soldiers in Fujian City to pick up weapons and gather in front of the county magistrate's office."
"It is clear that the other party is a rebellion and there is no formal order. I request the county magistrate to order the requisition of Nanyang Company and all armed ships to strictly prevent the rebels from landing from the sea."
Alas, the far mountain is also a decisive person. There is no need to think too much about things at this point. You should not sign your name with a big pen and stamp it with the seal of the county magistrate of Fujian County.
Then he wrote another letter and asked someone to go to the army to ask about the situation.
It takes time to ask clearly or not.
The Mo Party did not care about these procedures at all. The armed personnel who were originally planning to bombard the county magistrate's office in extreme cases did not wait to find out the situation and the three documents officially took effect, and they directly organized a team in front of the county magistrate's office.
Stepping on those rented carriages, pulling cannons and 400 armed personnel, stepping on the flat road, running towards the place where the gunfire is the most intense.
The three documents that were apologized for the signature of Yuanshan and stamped with seals were quickly copied and spread quickly according to different blocks and their understanding of Fujian City.
More and more excited citizens, members of the Mo Party, radical young people from the other parties in the Progress League, and some former unemployed people who benefited from the construction of the shelter factory gathered in front of the county magistrate's mansion, and more and more.
Many, but not messy.
The organizational capabilities of the Mo Party reached its limit at this time. Young people who graduated from surveying and mapping schools began to organize these passionate citizens. Those who had organized charity clubs, textile cooperatives, and relief clubs became natural acquaintances; those who organized miners' petitions, canal construction, struvite mining, and lighthouse construction in Turtle Island became natural organizers.
Several carriages rumbled, a large number of wooden boxes were split, and bundles of flintlock rifles and matching lead bullet gunpowder bags were taken out, and citizens and members of the party who had a foundation in military training were given priority.
The remaining citizens issued a large number of tools to build canals and roads. They did not need to directly exchange fire with each other, but instead built barricades according to the maps that had been drawn a long time ago. It was obvious that they had prepared for a long time.
Next to it is a volleyball team playing ancient songs such as "A River" or the popular Chinese republic songs recently. Some people are constantly preaching there, which attracts a burst of enthusiastic cheers.
These people did not rush forward spontaneously, but waited here temporarily and the whole team. The number of people gradually increased, and the originally panic mentality also settled down with more and more people.
Panic has become a kind of pride and passion to quell the rebellion under the preaching of the large number of psychological safety and propaganda teams.
Alas, standing there in the distance, people are still regarded as a hero, but not many people surround him.
Those who keep coming, with special black armbands or hats made by the Meghan Party, are the center of these chaotic crowds.
They are like rotten meat thrown on the ground in summer, guarding groups of flies in the center, which seems scattered, but if you look closely, you will find that it is a circle of orderly rather than a chaotic group.
Those hoarse orators, some of the old allies of the Progress League, were the hearts of this chaotic crowd, constantly turning the dim, vein blood into hot, bright red blood.
Alas, the far mountain raised her head and did not look at the place where the gunshots were heard, but turned her eyes to the Central Party Committee of the Mo Party that stood further away.
Near the county magistrate's mansion, people lived a pretty good life, just hated the passionate petty bourgeois young citizens of the franchise, buyers, and duty-free class. All they wanted was fairness under the old system.
He thought: What would the first batch of brick-framed buildings in Fujian City in the distance, the renovated slums, those places that gathered all the hatred of injustice, and were penetrated by the Mo Party with relief, organizations and community housing like sieves? Do they just sing the republic song of the Chinese people with only passion but no hatred?
Sing the passionate and hatred song, you can cooperate.
Singing the class song that traces the origin is a stranger after all, and you will still have to suppress it if you have the chance in the future.
Chapter completed!