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"Fire Cap!"

At the order of the commander, the soldiers took out the fire caps from the ammunition bags on their waists, pulled the hammer in full view, and snapped the copper fire caps into the flameshooters.

"You, you, want to ...... What are you going to do......"

The actions of the gendarmes only made Wang Qinian take a step back in horror, he couldn't believe the scene in front of him, did they really dare to shoot.

If it was in the past, maybe he was not afraid of this foreign gun, but after experiencing the battle of Changsha, no one in this Changsha city knew the benefits of this foreign gun.

The actions of the gendarmes were even more stunned by the lively people around them, and the people who were still cheering for the scholars and boatmen turned into mutes, and they looked at the gendarmes in shock, and some of the timid even left quietly, and the shopkeeper of the nearby shop hurriedly beckoned the men to close the door of the shop, for fear of causing a fire.

The sharp bayonets of the rifles flashed in the sunlight, and the black barrels pointed directly at the scholars and boatmen in front of them, and they would pull the trigger at the first command.

And then this pier will ......

Holding a knife in his right hand, Li Hongli, standing behind the line, as if he had been on the battlefield in the past, raised his head and looked directly at the people with fearful faces.

"You, how will you, shoot ......?"

Wang Qinian, whose face was pale and did not have the slightest blood, shouted stubbornly.

"I, the folks of Hunan Province, how can I sit back and watch us die tragically at gunpoint......"

At this time, he seemed to be righteous and awe-inspiring, and he didn't even notice that his words were stammering. Just as he tried to turn his eyes on the onlookers around him for help, he saw that those people were leaving—when he asked for help, the villagers who had applauded his actions actually left!

They left the docks like a bunch of cowards, and no one would dare to applaud them anymore, not even onlookers!

They, how can they be like this!

"Don't go, don't go......"

How could they go, weren't those people still there cheering for him just now?

Isn't this injustice in people's hearts? How can the common people go?

The shouts of the scholars made Li Hongli smile coldly, the corners of his lips were lightly raised, and orders burst out from his voice.

"Forward...... Walk! ”

At the beginning, Li Hongli was not prepared to shoot, his order was very clever, he ordered to raise the gun and put on the fire cap, but the gun was empty - there was no gunpowder, no bullet, only a fire cap, and even his worst plan was to use the sound of the fire cap to deter these people, and when these people were frightened by the explosion of the fire cap, they immediately rushed over, beat and arrested the scholars who took the lead with the butt of the gun, and then naturally dispersed these people and eliminated the civil unrest.

There was no need to shoot at all, and now, the scene in front of him also stunned him, not only did he not need to shoot, but he didn't even need the "intimidation" of gunshots, he only needed a deterrence, a deterrent of determination, which was enough to make them retreat, and it was enough to make the people around him shocked.

The sound of the brass nails on the soles of the boots stepping on the bluestone slabs fell on everyone's hearts like a heavy drum, and the gendarmes who approached step by step, stepping on the heavy boots, only shook the scholars and boatmen to keep retreating.

At this wharf, which was filled with the smell of choking smoke, an astonishing scene was staged at this time, and thousands of people, under the coercion of more than 100 gendarmes, retreated step by step, step by step to the wharf, and retreated to the river.

"Puff ......"

At last a man fell into the river, and when the man fell into the river, the people in the distance suddenly burst into laughter, and these bold people, as if they had just seen the excitement, watched the boatmen constantly being squeezed into the river, and looked at their appearance of water dogs, but laughed on the side, where there was the slightest hint of common hatred.

How so?

How so?

Under the coercion of the bayonet, Wang Qinian, who was retreating step by step, listened to the laughter around him, his pale face was full of incomprehension, but more doubts.

He couldn't understand why the same people, who had been cheering for them, were now laughing at their overboard, and the same cheers for the gendarmes, the same group of people, the same group of spectators, who were just watching the excitement from the sidelines.

Why don't you step up and help me?

Until he was tied up by the five flowers, looking at the laughter around him and the lively people, Wang Qinian's heart was still full of questions.

In his eyes, which were full of laughter, for some reason, when he put down this report, Zhu Yifeng's heart suddenly swelled with sadness, and at this moment, he really understood Lu Xun's sentence.

"Lament its misfortune, anger its indisputable".

What originally happened in Changsha was very likely to turn into a civil unrest, but under the gunpoint and under the coercion of bayonets, the civil uprising did not happen, and the people who seemed to be righteous and awe-inspiring before, under the coercion of bayonets, retreated step by step, and were finally arrested.

When those men were arrested, there was no one around to sympathize with them, although they had cheered for them dozens of minutes earlier, and dozens of minutes later they stood on the side of the magistrate's hall and cheered for the gendarmes, the same group of people, the same group of spectators.

These are the people of this era!

"This is my countryman!"

Thinking of those insensitive compatriots, Zhu Yifeng sighed in his heart, and in his long sigh, Hu Linyi's words came.

"Ji Gao did a good job, not a single shot was fired, no one was injured, he was able to put a stop to the signs of civil unrest, and he could let the people of Hunan Province know the decree, and he would not dare to destroy foreign aircraft and this ship in the future...... The value of burning! ”

While applauding Zuo Jigao, Hu Linyi asked tentatively.

"Metropolitan Governor, now that this matter is over, I wonder what instructions the Metropolitan Governor can have for this?"

Hu Linyi's question made Zhu Yifeng slightly stunned, and only said after a while.

"As a local governor, Ji Gao has never interfered in judicial matters, and how can this governor interfere at this time, I believe that the Hunan Sentencing Envoy will handle this matter in accordance with the law!"

Saying this, Zhu Yifeng deliberately added.

"Li Hongli handled this matter very well, and the destruction of the property of the official hall during the war was really a rebellion! When military law engages! In that case, I don't think the local government should be responsible for this matter anymore! ”

"Ah......h

Open his eyes wide, at this moment, Hu Linyi regretted it, the reason why he regretted it was because he understood the system of the governor's office, if the punishment envoy was responsible, his crime would be punished by the Qing Dynasty, that is, he would be sentenced to several years in prison and be fined, but if it was tried by military law, then what was waiting for these people would definitely be a dead end.

"Governor, do you think that if you use military law, is it too strict?"

Regardless of whether those scholars were his fellow villagers or not, Hu Linyi felt that he should speak for them, after all, it involved the lives of dozens of people.

"Harsh?"

Sneering, Zhu Yifeng took the brush on the table and said while writing.

"In troubled times, we should use heavy codes, and if we don't enforce strict laws with an iron fist now, how can the people believe in the law in other days? Besides, today they dare to burn the ships for the people, tomorrow they dare to destroy the factories, and this wind must be stopped, who ......"

The words paused slightly, and when he raised his head, Zhu Yifeng's eyes were full of coldness.

"If you dare to do this, you must kill!"

If Guo Songtao hadn't woken up that day, Zhu Yifeng would only feel that the conservative forces were too strong in the face of the Changsha incident, and he would even choose to compromise for the sake of local stability, after all, now is the time to fight the world, he wants to be stable and make concessions, so as to fight for the world in the future.

However, after Guo Songtao woke up, in his reflection on history, he understood a truth: in the process of change, any resistance is just a test of the leader's determination, which is also the key factor in the success of the change.

The conservative forces seem to be strong, but in fact, the most powerful are not the conservative forces, but those opportunists, in any era, in any change, there are always a very small number of visionary people who are ahead of the times, and there will also be some conservative people who try to block, but the most powerful forces are not them, but those speculators, that is, the so-called realists, the so-called ******.

Just like the "people of Goose City" in that movie, "whoever wins they help whom", those ****** will observe, will watch, and eventually they will make choices based on reality, and what is reality, the determination of the leader!

"The Governor ......"

Without waiting for Hu Linyi to continue persuading, Zhu Yifeng raised his eyes and looked at him and said.

"Runzhi, you can be said to be familiar with history books, you tell me, in the history books, if the Shangjun of Qin, the king of Song, Wengong, and Zhang Wenzhong of Ming, are in the process of changing the law and show a little retreat, what should they do?"

What awaits them will be a full backlash from the conservative forces, not only the conservative forces, but also the ****** who will see the opportunity, and they will think that their resolve is not strong, and they will use it as an opportunity for speculation!

The Grand Duke's rhetorical question made Hu Linyi stunned, and while he was surprised, he heard the Grand Governor continue.

"What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom. Runzhi, the Governor must not let them see the slightest hint of concession, and the Governor must make them understand what price anyone who dares to obstruct will pay! ”

That price is death!

"But, after all, it's a reading seed, and if that's the case, it's a pity!"

"Their books are stupid, their heads are wooden, in this case, it is easy to take them off!"

When the cold words without the slightest emotion came out of Zhu Yifeng's mouth, the temperature in the room suddenly cooled, and Hu Linyi's face changed uncertainly, so Zhu Yifeng persuaded him.

"Runzhi, I know you are reluctant, and this governor is reluctant, but the reality is like this, you and I have no choice, it is better to kill dozens today than to kill thousands or tens of thousands a day, after all, we still have to fight this world!" (To be continued.) )