Section 409

The drought in the north has eased somewhat, and there have been a few light rains in the spring of this year, and Fengzhou, Shanxi, and Shaanxi have been busy, and the plan of the year lies in the spring, the common people are rushing to plant crops, and the officials at all levels dare not be idle, except for the officials on duty, everyone else has gone down to the fields to supervise the spring ploughing, and the local gentry have also taken action to send soup and rice to the people working in the fields, and cheer and cheer -- this year is a general election year, not only the Senate and the House of Representatives must be elected, but also the parliaments at all levels must be re-elected, and the busy agricultural season is a good opportunity to earn fame.

Datong was even more busy, the Federal Assembly was temporarily changed to the Constituent Assembly, the representatives of the Guannai were the first to rush to Datong, Liu Zongzhou and Wu Zhu were famous, and many famous people were also brought to the scene, among which He Fengsheng, a former university scholar from Huguang, Wang Yingxiong, a native of Sichuan, and Zhang Guowei, a former scholar from Zhejiang, were the most eye-catching. The representatives outside the customs are not fuel-efficient lamps, the leaders went to Baoketu, the lamas went to Meidaizhao, the imams went to naturalization, and even the Western Christians also got into the naturalization church, and they must be holding meetings to unify their voices; The Liberal Party, the Civic Party, and the People First Party held meetings in succession to cheer for the general election, and the leaders of the various parties also propagated their party's ideas everywhere, and by the way, they did something to dig up the foot of the wall and pull people's heads - everyone was busy, no one cared about the situation of the Beijing Division, the city of Beijing was so solid that the East Captives did not dare to touch it, and the thieves wanted to occupy the Beijing Division It was simply wishful thinking, so let the emperor be a little more frightened.

There are also people who are bored, and some people in the countryside who do not work in the fields or participate in parliamentary elections, but like to judge new things, and the People First Party's "Practical Journal" published an article in early February, "University Preaching and Teaching? Bad morals? The author is an unknown talent, and the level of the article is not high, it is nothing more than abuse and ridicule, everyone has seen a lot of the set of "Real Journal", and they don't take it seriously, but this inconspicuous article has caused an uproar.

The original intention of Datong University was to take Europa as a teacher to build the largest university in Asia that integrates various disciplines and cultivates practical talents, and this university presided over by Li Yu and the Chamber of Commerce and Father Deng Ruoshui has buried hidden dangers from the beginning - Li Yu is extremely disgusted with the marriage between nobles, and has the intention to change the old customs, coaxing the children of noble families to study in Datong, on the one hand, to cultivate practical talents who are pro-Datong, so as to completely integrate the tribes into the federation, and on the other hand, it is also to let the children of noble families contact each other and marry independently. Prevent nobles from forming gangs through marriage; Shanxi businessmen were smart and found that the children of high-ranking officials in Datong had entered the university, and of course they refused to let go of the opportunity to set up relationships with the big people, and sent their children to the university one after another; Fr. Deng Ruoshui believed in God and was bent on expanding the influence of Western Christianity in the East, so he had the opportunity to get close to the elite of the younger generation, and also took the opportunity to promote Western Christianity and develop its followers.

The university has taken some measures to prevent problems before it happens, such as building tall walls in the dormitories for female students, hiring disabled veterans to guard the gates, denying all men entry, and asking female students to report and roll out at dusk. But it is useless, there are too many people who lack education in the university, men and women dare to hug each other in the public, there are also people singing and dancing under the high walls of the female students' dormitory, every dusk wolf howls and ghosts scream, Han students look at the eyes hot, and they also learn the same, this unhealthy atmosphere soon spread to the naturalized government affairs school, Baoketu Industrial and Commercial Academy, Taiyuan Sanli Academy, the local gentry could not bear it, and repeatedly protested, but Deng Ruoshui turned a deaf ear, intensified and started an open day, Every Sunday, boys and girls are allowed to study the Bible together alone, on the grounds that it is instinctive for men and women to love each other, and it is better to let them associate freely, which is what the president intended.

Deng Ruoshui's stubbornness caused trouble, there are many female students in Datong University who go to Barbarian Mountain every Sunday, it is the nature of girls to love heroes, the young officers of the Wuxuan Academy are naturally the most favored, some rich businessmen's children are jealous, and they went to fight with the officers and suffered a little flesh and skin, this is not a big deal, but the gentry grabbed the handle, they saw the article in the "Journal of Practice", decided that the university was the source of the disaster, ran to the Statue of Liberty Square sit-in demonstration, and strongly demanded the dissolution of the university. Liu Zongzhou, the governor of the university, was deeply distressed by the co-educational university and the professors of Western learning, and wrote an article to denounce Datong's long-term suppression of Confucianism and non-compliance with the program, so that the university was corrupt and ugly, and did not pay attention to etiquette, righteousness and shame, how could it educate the people? How to perpetuate the foundation of the country? During the period, he also mentioned several allusions to the heroine's chaos and the chicken Sichen.

Liu Zongzhou's letter was published on the front page of the "Journal of Practice", and Ulan understood at a glance that Liu Wanren had scolded the four of them, and the old grievances for many years came to his heart - at that time, Yilan and Sutai had not yet entered the Li family, Liu Zongzhou and Liu Zhilun always looked at Ulan and Wu Langha unpleasantly, and persuaded Li Yu to marry the gentry in the Guannei, Li Yu categorically refused, clearly stating that if this matter became successful, many people would die in the future, Liu Zhilun wanted to keep his mouth shut, but Liu Zongzhou did not give up, and repeatedly mentioned the matter, Wu Langha released his words at that time, and killed one by one when he entered the door, the barbarian woman was fierce and vicious, None of the gentry dared to marry their daughters into the Li Mansion, so Liu Zongzhou had no choice but to give up, but the grudge between the two sides was settled. Liu Wanren is now pointing his nose and scolding, and the four sisters are furious, except for Su Tai, who has a big belly, the other three make an appointment with Sister-in-law Ma, Yang Wan, Liu Naren, Wu Ya, and Wang Xiaoliu to give Liu Wanren some color.

The female generals killed in Datong, first smashed the "Real Journal" newspaper, and then broke into the prime minister's palace to find Liu Zongzhou to comment, Liu Wanren hid when he heard the news, and he couldn't afford to quarrel with a group of. The female generals couldn't find anyone to vent, so they simply set up camp in Liberty Square, and the sisters from all over the world quickly rushed to support when they heard the news - the Black Eagle Trading Company has a yarn factory and a cloth factory in Datong, and the female workers naturally listen to the boss's orders, most of the Mongolian money-making housekeepers are women, and these female Mongolian businessmen will never stand idly by, Wang Xiaoliu was born in Datong Qinglou, and also brought a large group of former sisters to cheer, within two days thousands of women gathered in the square, and there was a bit of chaos when there were many people, some people shouted "Don't be drunk, don't beat your wife", some people shouted "Don't sell your wife, Children are not allowed to be sold", some people shouted "divorce the wife and go back to her parents' house to give money", ...... Ulan is knowledgeable and stands at the front with a sign saying "We want to be female citizens".

The Constituent Assembly was in a mess for the fall of Beijing and the martyrdom of the emperor, some people were crying, some were gloating, and some were indifferent, but they were angry that the Ming Dynasty had left a mess, and they were angry at the thought of cleaning up the mess and paying for it. Everyone was angry, and they came to Xue Xianguang to hear it, didn't you say that 100,000 pigs can also guard the Jingshi, explain what is going on. Xue Xianguang was very aggrieved, the ghost wanted to get that there were so many courtiers in Jingshi! It is proposed to immediately allocate military funds, ride one town and four towns to summon reserve troops into the camp, and at the same time transfer Yuan Lie's five towns to Pingding, and defend Shanxi first.

"What are you still guarding Shanxi, immediately send troops to recover the Beijing division and rescue His Royal Highness the Prince," Liu Zongzhou didn't dare to go home, and quietly hid in the council, then stood up and shouted with tears on his face, "Zhuang, the emperor's heroic martyrdom can be called a martyr, Wu Xian, you still have the face to drink tea, go and inform the presidential palace to issue a mobilization order!" ”

Wu Xian was also called to the hearing, so frightened that the teacup almost fell to the ground, shook his head and said: "Mr. Qishan, I also want to avenge the emperor, but the Prime Minister's Office does not have this expense, can you say that everyone will pay for it, and I will go to naturalize immediately." ”

"No money, we really don't have money." Li Jianji immediately clenched his pockets, and the hall then burst into a loud voice.

"Shameless, you claim to be loyal to the emperor, but you don't pull out a dime, and the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in the hands of you profiteers." Zhang Guowei, the former secretary of the Ministry of War, couldn't help but roar angrily, Abatai led the Qing army into the pass, he was the secretary of the military department at that time, he was dismissed and imprisoned, after the army invaded Zhili, the emperor released him from prison and sent him back to his hometown in Zhejiang to recruit new troops.

"Lord Zhang, the emperor is obviously harmed by you courtiers, so don't want to rely on us." Bao Zhen immediately retorted.

The bureaucrats and businessmen quarreled, the Mongolian and Manchurian deputies took the opportunity to make a fuss, and the meeting hall was in chaos, Sun Qi ran in angrily and shouted: "Don't make any noise, the public sacrifice can't be done, the three wives of the Han people will occupy the square, and we are not allowed to set up a mourning hall for the emperor, let's find a way!" ”

"How can this be reasonable, worshipping the emperor is a big thing, they dare to stop it," Wang Yingxiong was a scholar in the Chongzhen Dynasty for two years, and returned to his hometown of Ba County, Sichuan, the emperor listened to Zhou Yanru's suggestion to summon him into the court, and when he worked hard to reach Wuchang, he knew that Zhou Yanru had fallen, and when Sun Kewang went home in Sichuan and had no hope, he had nothing to do in Wuchang, so he came to Datong with He Fengsheng, this person was unobstructed, known as "Wang Dazui", and pointed at Wu Sacrifice and shouted, "Wu Sacrifice, you are the prime minister, send someone to drive these girls away." ”

Wu Shan ignored him, turned to Liu Zongzhou and said, "Mr. Qishan, why don't you admit your mistake to Hanmin's wife and coax them away." ”

"Admit your mistakes to them, where will my old face go!" Liu Zongzhou was so angry that he almost jumped up, glanced at the people around him and said, "What are you doing in a daze, whoever has the woman will take it back." ”

The square must be the leader of the family members of the Fengzhou officials, but these people don't think that the life or death of the Ming Emperor has anything to do with them, but secretly applaud the embarrassment of the officials in the customs for their own women, and they just don't move for a long time.

The number of people in the square increased, and the women dominated the square for several days and refused to leave, demanding that the Constituent Assembly recognize them as women citizens and protect their rights. Western missionaries were everywhere, Long Huamin took John Tang, who had just arrived in Datong, to the square, preaching that women are men's ribs, and that men should respect and love women, and that God advocates monogamy, and that concubines and fornication will be severely punished, so believing in Western religion can be blessed by God, and there are really many women who believe in them. Many men also poured into the square to express their solidarity with the women, but they mainly came to celebrate the death of the Ming Dynasty, gongs and drums, firecrackers one after another, young scholars delivered speeches, denouncing the heinous crimes of the Ming Dynasty for more than 270 years, and took the lead in chanting the slogan of "Down with the tyrant" and "Down with the traitorous party", and the children of the clan also appeared on stage, expressing their determination to draw a clear line with the Ming Dynasty, and some people were even more arrogant, nakedly declaring that "the Ming Dynasty has been punished by heaven, and the president's benevolence should succeed the unification" - the square was all chaotic, men and women, All kinds of people crowded together and shouted and sang, the inspection department urgently dispatched a large number of inspections to maintain order, and the big boss Fang Zhikun also went out in person, following behind Li Yu's three wives without leaving an inch.

The square is crowded with people watching the excitement, not caring about the survival of the country, but interested in judging Li Yu's wife - Mrs. Wulan has a dignified temperament, politeness, not bad, Mrs. Yilan is a little spicy, but she is naturally pretty, and it's okay, why is that Mrs. Wu Langha so old, it's okay to be a mother to the president, the president is too wronged to marry her home, it seems that the big man also has difficulties!

"Sven swept the floor, my China is a country of etiquette, the people just need to be obedient, and they can't give them freedom and equality at all, Datong has taken the wrong road!" He Fengsheng, Wang Yingxiong, and Zhang Guowei took a group of celebrities from all over the world to climb the North City Tower, and were so angry that they beat their chests by the chaos in the square.

"The old man's personal disciples are also messing around, doing evil, and they have only been in Shanxi for two years and have learned badly." He Fengsheng put down his clairvoyance and shook his head and sighed, his disciple Yin Ruweng was giving an excited speech in the square, the old man didn't know that this guy was already the secretary of the Central Office of the Citizens' Party and was included in the party's reserve selection cadre.

The political situation in Datong was disturbed by a group of women, following Datong, naturalization, Baoketu, Taiyuan and other places also took place demonstrations, their respective demands are also varied, people do not take the fall of Beijing, the martyrdom of the emperor, and the torture of hundreds of officials seriously, but think that it is evil and evil retribution, and in some places they also smashed the emperor's mourning hall set up by the gentry. The major newspapers were also active, and the "Journal of Practice" continued to publish articles, accusing the thieves of ravaging hundreds of officials, robbing the people, and the monstrous crimes of the people and gods were indignant, clearly pointing out that the Ming Dynasty was not dead, and there was still the Ming court in Nanjing, which could still rule the world, calling on loyal and brave people to fight the enemy and defend the Ming court to the death; The arguments of the "Liberty Daily" and the "Citizen" are similar, pointing out that the Datong Federation and the Ming Empire are two different things, and the citizens of Datong are not subjects of the Ming Dynasty, we are powerless to save the Ming Dynasty, just do our own thing, the Ming Dynasty deserves to destroy the crime, even if the Nanjing Imperial Court is also a raccoon dog, it is difficult to maintain it for a long time, the flower of freedom is to be watered with the blood of the tyrant, and the subjects of the Ming Dynasty can only get out of the sea of suffering by raising their consciousness, and others cannot help them; "Republic" newspaper only stated very late this time that it is the general trend for the Ming Dynasty to fall, but the chaos in the world caused by this is unimaginable, and the Datong Federation may face a crisis of life and death, and warns all citizens to remain calm and be ready to deal with the unexpected at any time.

The chaos lasted until the beginning of April, when more and more people were demonstrating in the square, and it seemed that they could not stop, and the Prime Minister's Office focused on spring plowing and summer harvest, and did not want to meddle in the affairs of the constitution without a big mess, but the Constituent Assembly forgot the serious matter of the constitution, and the delegates were divided into two factions, Bao Ming and anti-Ming, quarreling endlessly. Wu Zhu and Xiaodai Wang were a little uncontrollable, and ran to ask the respected chief judge Ortai to preside over the overall situation, but Ortai ignored it on the grounds that the law department did not interfere in government affairs. Fortunately, Li Fugui came from naturalization, listened to the complaints of the delegates to the Constituent Assembly, circled the square, and then returned to the council, waving his hand and ordering someone to invite the three hatuns.

"The three ladies worked hard for state affairs, and they all blamed Li for being one step late, and if they had something to say, they would do it immediately." Li Fugui's small eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and respectfully welcomed Wulan and his gang into the council.

Wulan, Wu Langha, and Yilan followed Ma Sister-in-law, Liu Naren, Yang Wan, Wu Ya, and Wang Xiaoliu as usual, but they have never seen the world, the council is the important place of the country, solemn and solemn, hundreds of people in the council hall are sitting precariously, their eyes are cast together, they feel empty in their hearts, and they have to say it clearly for a long time - to be a female citizen to participate in state affairs, men are not allowed to beat their wives, pawn their wives, and the husband dies or is divorced and has the right to divide the family property......

"Li Mou has always opposed the inferiority of men and women, and resolutely supports the ladies, but the state has national laws, and you must learn the rules before participating in state affairs, here is this "Rules of Procedure of the House of Representatives", please take a look at the ladies," the pamphlet was delivered to the hand, and the women's faces turned red all of a sudden, except for Wulan and Yang Wan, everyone else was illiterate, how dare they really participate in state affairs, Li Fugui said very tolerantly, "Don't worry, go home and watch slowly, the husband dies or is divorced and has the right to divide the family property, Datong has a precedent, I will go back to the Dafa Division to say hello, It's better to not allow men to beat their wives or pawn their wives, do you say that men are sentenced to hanging or whipping? ”

The women immediately shook their heads, they really didn't want men to go to the gallows or be whipped, Li Fugui continued: "I think it's okay to fine some money, some things have to be done slowly, go home quickly, the president is coming back from Xuanhua, let him see how bad it is!" ”

"Yes, you make a fire in the square to cook and eat, but the men in the family have nothing to eat, and they have to take care of the children, they will definitely get angry after a long time, and the fine can't stop them from beating people, go home quickly!" Li Jianji also came over to persuade.

A large group of old acquaintances came over to say good things, and by the way, they complained that Liu Zongzhou was confused, and the women were dizzy and were sent out. Coaxed away the women, the council was bursting with laughter, Li Fugui said with a straight face: "The Ming Dynasty has collapsed, the thieves and the Dongyu are ready to move, the world is about to change, time is running out, I hope you will work hard!" ”

Wulan, Wu Langha, and Yilan were absolutely afraid that Li Yu would see him like this, dismiss all the female generals, and rush back overnight, and the remaining anti-Ming elements insisted on two days, and there were fewer and fewer people watching the excitement, and the government didn't pay attention to them, so they dispersed in a hurry. After a long period of deliberation in the Constituent Assembly, Li Fugui decided to convene the third meeting of Zhaojun's tomb, and the representatives of the Guannei and Guanwai finally met.