Outside the county guard's house.

The agitated citizens and the armed members of the Mexican Party were shouting loudly, singing the National Republican Anthem, and the orators were shouting and questioning.

"Citizens! Citizens! What law did the council break that led to being slaughtered? We want a statement. Now that everything is fine in Mincheng, the days are much stronger than before, can anyone not stand it? Could it be that we are just discussing the purchase of the franchise, and that those who are full of fat intestines and have sucked our flesh and blood are going to kill everyone who is talking about it? ”

"Whose hand did it? It is not yet known that we cannot convict anyone. But, citizens, let us think about whose interests are touched by our redemption of the franchise and the request for rent and interest reductions. ”

"Like a lot of necessities of life, what do these franchises do? Labor creates value, are they drying salt in the salt works? Or was the salt transported away? They didn't do anything, they just got a franchise by bribes, and they could get rich sitting there. But they didn't invest in the capital, they just relied on those complicated relationships and gangs of flies and dogs...... But they sucked our flesh and blood, and they refused to give them a copper plate to help the unemployed. ”

"Now they are even raising their butcher's knives at our elected representatives, and the army has joined the rebellion. It has always been a tradition that troops from non-Gyeonggi areas could not enter the city unless they were ordered by the council or the county guard. Now that the council can be sure that there is no such request, is it an order from the county guard? ”

"We don't believe that the county guard can give such an order, because the county guard has always been fair and fair, and the development of Mincheng and the smiles on the faces of the people are also obvious to all. But just as all the incredible in science is always true, the reality we see now is that the army is marching into Mincheng, threatening to kill all those who voted for the council delegates, and saying that they have received a request from the county guard. ”

"They say it's unconventional to cut rents and interest rates; They said that the redemption of the franchise and the improvement of the lives of the citizens was contrary to republican tradition; They say that as long as the people are raised as cows that can be milked at any time, they do not need to participate in state affairs at all; They say that anyone who supports rent reductions and interest reductions and the redemption of franchises and changes in poll tax reform should be hanged on the gallows...... Or hacked to death with an axe...... Behold, isn't it already being done there in the council now? Aren't the representatives of the Chinese people elected by us? Are they just chopping those deputies? Citizens! Who the hell are they trying to cut? Isn't it clear now? When the deputies are hacked to death, whoever dares to stand up and speak of justice and fairness and the true republic of the people will be hacked to death until no one dares to say ......"

The speech of inciting discontent attracted more and more panicked citizens, who did not know what was going on, but who now knew about it, and it was the first time they got the news that the army was going to slaughter all those who had voted for the second council in Mincheng.

In fact, this is not the case, and there are many people who do not believe it, but not believing it does not mean that they are not angry, especially the few council representatives who were hacked to death are usually engaged in charity relief work.

The details of the various franchises for profit were also told in the most sarcastic terms by the propaganda team of the Mexican Party, and the tragic situation of the tenant farmers, who had been inciting them for more than half a year, made these citizens feel extremely angry.

The shining cannon is still being pulled by horses, and the street speakers are standing on the cannons one by one and shouting loudly, and the power of this cannon combined with justice and truth has ignited the passion of more people.

It was suspected that it was an order from the county guard, and at the instigation of some people, some people had already thrown sticks and stones at the gate of the county guard's house, and the soldiers guarding the gate were sweating but had to carry their guns on their backs...... They feared that if a shot went off, there would be a salvo from the three cannons on the opposite side plus more than four hundred flintlock muskets.

Amidst the scolding and uproar, Yu Yuanshan had already made a decision that would affect the rest of his life.

He walked up to the crowd and shouted, "Citizens! I can assure you that I have never made such a request. Besides, don't forget that I am the honorary chairman of the second council that you elected, and if the council is a rebellion, then I am the leader of the rebellion! Am I going to slaughter myself? ”

"Now, I'll send someone over there to ask whose order it is, if it's from the capital...... Then I will fight with reason, and I will not hesitate to carry the coffin to the capital, and convey everything you have to the king, I believe that our republic will not give such an order, there must be some traitor and villain who has done something unspeakable! ”

"Citizens! If it is neither a command of the king, nor a request of the council, nor my request, then I can declare that the entry of the army into the city and the previous attack on the council are a rebellion! A rebellion that threatens the republic! ”

"If that is the case, I beg you, the citizens of Mincheng, the people of the great republic! Fight as our forefathers defended the republic, to suppress this rebellion! ”

"This is my request for Yuanshan, not only as the county guard of Minjun, but also as the honorary chairman of the council, and even more so as a request from an ordinary citizen of the republic!"

"I swear to the heavens here that I have no action against the interests of the people of Mincheng. And until this rebellion is quelled, I will stand here until the rebellion is put down! ”

"Until then, if I make any retreat, you can see me as a flight and as a collusion with the rebels. You can kill me with your guns at any time! ”

"The people of the country! Banzai! ”

In the shouting loudly, Yu Yuanshan understood that he had no way back, and he would inevitably be remembered in the history books.

If this cry fails, then he will be the first county warden to be executed for "rebellion".

If this cry succeeds, then he will be the first to transform from a bureaucrat in the old system to a spiritual leader who protects the interests of the common people.

As for the choice, it's not really exciting:

If this is an order from above, but he does not receive it, it has proved that he is no longer his own in the eyes of the people above.

If this is a conspiracy of some people, then the three cannons pulled by the Mexican Party to the county guard mansion prove that the conspiracy will inevitably fail - the uprising at the bottom has always been chopping wood as soldiers, looking through the books and thinking that he has opened his eyes, the first time he saw the artillery and the backbone of the grassroots officers of the suppressed people are stronger than the suppressants, the first time he saw the flintlock pistols used by the suppressed people and the suppressors also had a large number of arquebuses, the first time he saw the suppressed people using hot air balloons and telescopes to observe the enemy situation and draw drawings, It was the first time that the suppressed people had cleared the chaos in the city within two hours of the chaos and filled the wagons with corpses on the opposite side.

In his opinion, as long as Mincheng is not completely controlled by the army within half a month, and the Mo Party is not wiped out by most of them, what is waiting for is the death period on the other side. Even if it is really an order from above, the Mexican Party will never let go of the participants, even if it can't defeat all the old forces, but it is the last fight to the death in Mincheng...... The gallows will be swung all the way from the county warden's house to the docks.

When it really got to that point, the Mexican Party didn't bother to show others some cannon legal documents, and he was sure that it was so.

After the impassioned speech, a part of the Mexican Party took the lead in rushing to the side of the mountain, and several strong men lifted him up and shouted: "Long live democracy!" Long live the republic! ”

More than 400 members of the organized Mexican Party also shouted together, causing the citizens next to them to shout together.

The far mountain who was lifted high felt a chill in his heart, and said in his heart, which is the support of all the people?

This is clearly the courage to take me as a crowd!

Amid the shouts of the masses, a temporary member of the Mexican Party immediately took three pieces of paper and asked Yuanshan to sign and stamp the letter.

"If it is found that the other party is in rebellion and there is no official order, request that nearby wagons be requisitioned to transport the people of the country to quell the rebellion to support the counterinsurgency battlefield."

"If it is found that the other party is in rebellion and there is no official order, I will ask the county guard to order all soldiers in Mincheng who have military training and have retired from military affairs to take up arms and assemble in front of the county guard."

"After finding out that the other party is a rebel and has no formal order, I ask the county guard to order the requisition of the Nanyang Company and all armed ships to prevent the rebels from attempting to land from the sea."

Yu Yuanshan is also a decisive person, and there is no need to think about it at this point, not at both ends of the head and mouse, and with a wave of the pen, he signed his name and stamped the seal of the county guard of Minjun.

Immediately after that, 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 clearly.

The Mexican Party did not care about these procedures at all, and the armed personnel who were originally going to bombard the county guard office under extreme circumstances did not wait for the situation to be clarified and the three documents officially came into effect, and formed a team directly in front of the county guard office.

Stepping into the rented wagons, pulling cannons and four hundred armed men, they rode on the paved road towards the place where the gunfire was most intense.

The three documents that were signed and stamped with letters by Yuanshan were quickly copied and copied for several minutes, and quickly spread according to different neighborhoods and understanding of Mincheng.

More and more agitated citizens, members of the Mexican Party, radical young people from the rest of the Progressive League, and some former unemployed people who benefited from the construction of the shelter factory gathered in front of the county watchman.

Much, but not chaotic.

At this time, the organizational capacity of the Mexican Party was exerted to its limits, and those young people who had graduated from the surveying and mapping school began to organize these passionate citizens, and those who had organized charities, textile cooperatives, and relief societies became natural acquaintances; Those who organized miners' petitions, canal construction, struvite mining on Turtle Island, and lighthouse construction became natural organizers.

Several wagons rumbled, large wooden boxes were split, bundles of flintlock pistols and matching buckshot powder packs were brought out, and priority was given to citizens and party members who had a foundation in military training.

The rest of the townspeople, on the other hand, were given a large number of tools for the construction of canals and roads, and they did not need to directly engage in firefights, but built barricades according to the maps that had been drawn a long time ago, apparently prepared for a long time.

Nearby, a drum and flute corps plays old ballads such as "A Great River" or the recently popular Chinese republican songs, and some people are constantly preaching there, attracting a wave of enthusiastic applause.

These people did not rush forward spontaneously, but waited and formed a team here for the time being. The number of people has gradually increased, and the mentality of those who were originally panicked has settled down with more and more people.

Panic, under the preaching of the large number of psychological safety and propaganda teams, has turned into a kind of pride and passion for quelling the rebellion.

He stood there, still regarded as a hero, but there were not many people around him.

The constant influx of people with special black armbands or special Mexican hats was the center of the crowd.

They are like clumps of rotting flesh thrown on the ground in the summer, guarding swarms of flies in the center, seemingly scattered, but if you look closely, you can see that they are a circle of order, not a chaotic mass.

The hoarse orators, some of the old allies of the Progressive League, were the heart of the chaotic crowd. It constantly turns dull, venous blood into hot, bright red blood.

Yu Yuanshan raised his head, and instead of looking at the place where the gunshots rang out, he turned his gaze to the Central Party Headquarters of the Mexican Party Standing in the distance.

In the vicinity of the county guard, the people are doing well, but they hate the passionate petty bourgeois young citizens of the franchises, the contractors, the tax-free class, and they want nothing more than the fairness of the old system.

He wondered what would be the first brick frame houses in the distance, the transformed slums, the sieve-like places where all things unjust and hatred were gathered, infiltrated by the Moxican Party through relief, organization and community housing? Are they just singing the republican song of the Chinese people with only passion and no hatred?

Singing a republican song of passion and hatred, it is possible to cooperate.

Singing class songs that trace back to the origins, after all, is a stranger, and it will still be suppressed if there is a chance in the future.