On March 3, 1915, when the Zhejiang Beiyang Army began to raid the base area of the Western Zhejiang Branch, Zhu Rui, the governor of Hangzhou, invited a few people to talk to him in the Governor's Mansion in Hangzhou. These people all participated in the Qing Party meeting held by Cai Yuanpei, and just by looking at the rather casual sitting posture during the conversation, you can know that the relationship between these people is not ordinary.

"Mr. Cai is still the same literati popularity, shouting against radicalism all day long." Someone said in a rather mocking tone.

Zhu Rui was on Cai Yuanpei's side at this time, "If it weren't for Mr. Cai's reasoning, we really wouldn't understand the style of the People's Party." Without Mr. Cai, Zhejiang would not have been able to unite together. ”

"But Mr. Cai is now just shouting at the anti-People's Party, which obviously fails to figure out the point." Someone replied.

"Purging the party, it's not a matter of a while, Mr. Cai will definitely be able to keep pace with the times." Jury replied.

"Huh." The implicit meaning in Zhu Rui's words was profound enough, and some people couldn't help laughing, "Then let's continue to wait for Mr. Cai to point out where the enemy is, and let's follow Mr. Cai." ”

It was so explicit that everyone in the meeting couldn't help but laugh. After laughing for a while, the conversation continued straightforwardly and simply, "What about Wang Jinfa?" No matter what, as soon as Tao Chengzhang dies, he can be regarded as an elder. ”

"This person has already recruited himself for embezzlement and bribery, as well as for helping others slaughter white ducks. Just kill it. Zhu Rui replied lightly.

"Do you want to be punished?"

"Just shoot you in prison." Of course, Zhu Rui could not cause such trouble, if Wang Jinfa was publicly killed on charges of corruption, then half of the officials in Hangzhou City could be killed.

"Governor Zhu, although the president ordered us to promote the extermination of the rebel party in the southeast, if the People's Party comes to the aid of Zhejiang, ......"

Zhu Rui sneered, "What does the People's Party rely on? It's just that there are many people, there are people, there are money, and there are guns. What was the harvest of their land before? When will we Zhejiang people afford to look up to Anhui people? The key point at the moment is that the local gentry are timid and afraid, and at the mention of dealing with the BJP, they are so frightened that they want to pee their pants. Only through such a purge can they keep up with our boat. The large and small landlord and gentry families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang must add up to one or two million, and with the militia groups they can mobilize, there is no problem in drawing out three or four hundred thousand people. In addition, the Third Army is about to be expanded to 100,000, and with these hundreds of thousands of people, even if they cannot attack the Jiangnan area of the People's Party, it will be more than enough to make them unable to move. ”

Several of the Liberation Society bosses were silent, Zhu Rui's plan was indeed ruthless, but the whole calculation was correct. Cai Yuanpei explained the theory of the People's Party clearly enough, and if the landlords and gentry in Zhejiang did not unite in the face of such a monstrous wave, there would be only one way to die.

Looking at this group of Guangfuhui bigwigs, Cai Yuanpei's right-hand man in the Qing Party this time, Zhu Rui once again warned everyone in a stern tone, "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Cai is a university scholar, and he sees things more thoroughly than us. You must be convinced by Mr. Cai, and after eliminating the chaotic party in western Zhejiang, you will continue to promote the matter of purging the party. If you are not convinced by Mr. Cai in your heart, these words will definitely be revealed. This should not be taken lightly. ”

"This is nature!" Everyone hurriedly replied.

Zhu Rui saw that these people were quite perfunctory, but he didn't mean to let them go, "Everyone, we really have to learn from the People's Party in many things. The People's Party speaks simply and clearly, and the nonsense of the agrarian revolution and the overthrow of the local tyrants and inferior gentry can be understood by the people as soon as they hear it. If Mr. Cai hadn't defended us, we wouldn't have been able to see the People's Party's wolf ambitions. And if it weren't for Mr. Cai to argue, wouldn't it be possible for us to argue with the Jiangnan literati? When we do things, we will work, and when we speak, we must let Mr. Cai be in front, which must not be mistaken. ”

Everyone here understands people, and Zhu Rui said it so clearly that everyone jumped out of their heads, "Being used as a gun!" I don't know who couldn't help but burst out laughing first, one after another, everyone in the audience burst out laughing.

Cai Yuanpei did not disappoint these people, and on March 5, when he received the news that the Beiyang Army had "recovered" Huzhou and Anji, and was marching towards Changxing, Cai Yuanpei convened a plenary meeting of the General Assembly of the Guangfu Society, at which he first counted the "sins" of the western Zhejiang branch. Spread heresies, harm the gentry, extort landlords, and disobey the general association. So there will always be a clean-up of the Restoration Society.

In the expressions of the people who were either stunned or overjoyed, Shen Kegang, who supervised the "Tao Chengzhang case" this time, got up and said: "The West Zhejiang Branch refuses to hand over Chen Boping, and they must have nothing to do with the conspiracy to assassinate Tao Gong. Ladies and gentlemen, I know that everyone feels in their hearts that they are all part of the Restoration Society, and there will always be incense. Tao Gong has always been good to the West Zhejiang Branch, but they actually handled it like this. If they even dare to harm Tao Gong, will there be any incense for our Restoration Society? In my words, if they surrender obediently, they will always come to defend themselves, and I, Shen Kegang, will definitely treat them impartially. But if they fight by force, they can only be severely punished. ”

While he was talking, he saw someone running in to deliver a letter, Cai Yuanpei stood up with a cold face after reading it, "The West Zhejiang Branch has already started a battle with the Beiyang Army in Changxing. After speaking, Cai Yuanpei slammed the letter on the table.

The pot immediately boiled in the conference hall, and everyone knew that the West Zhejiang Branch would not surrender easily, but there were still some people who hoped that Xu Xilin and Qiu Jin would come to explain it. Now that the war is raging, it is useless to argue.

"Guys, do you have anything else to say?" Shen Kegang asked loudly.

No one dared to get up and say anything anymore, Shen Kegang waited for a while before he said loudly: "Then we will remove the Zhexi Branch from our Restoration Association for the crime of treachery!" ”

As soon as the meeting ended, Zhao Hanqing, who was once in charge of negotiating with the West Zhejiang Branch, hurriedly returned home and began to work. He wrote a letter, found his close friend Fan Ainong, and two other cronies who were on an errand in the Hangzhou tax police regiment, and ordered them to go to Changxing as soon as possible. Fan Ainong is a disciple of Xu Xilin, who has been teaching at Hangzhou Normal University and did not go to western Zhejiang. After getting the letter, Zhao Hanqing explained the simple matter to Fan Ainong, and then took out the blank document that Zhao Hanqing prepared for himself with the seal of the Hangzhou Governor's Mansion, and forged a pass certificate. After handing it over to Fan Ainong, he urged them to hurry on the road.

With the pass, Fan Ainong simply hit the road. However, he didn't dare to go straight to Changxing, it is said that Changxing has already started a war, and he is afraid that it will be completely impossible to go through the road. He first went around to Anji, planning to go to Changxing from Anji. Some of Fan Ainong's students came from Anji, and I heard that Anji has had a good economy in recent years. Relying on the pass and the clothes of the tax police, although there were many checkpoints on the road, Fan Ainong and they still arrived in Anji smoothly. Outside the city of Anji County, I saw a lot of things hanging on the head of the city from a distance, and if you look closely, it looks like a human head.

Fan Ainong couldn't believe that it was a human head, not because it didn't look like it, but because the number was unimaginable. It seems to be a festival with lanterns, and there are more than a dozen slips hanging down like lanterns on the city, not to mention hundreds. What kind of hostility can cut off hundreds of heads? Fan Ainong couldn't believe that this kind of thing could really happen. But if you look closer, what is it if it is not a human head? Judging from the hairstyle, there are also men and women in it. Fan Ainong was speechless in shock, but heard the two tax policemen who came with him exclaim: "What the hell is going on? ”

The three of them have seen a little bit of the world, so it is better not to attract the attention of others at this time. was about to leave quickly, but saw a team of people escorted by the Beiyang Army from the county seat. They were all tied with their hands behind their backs, and some were strung together by a long rope. Take them to the city wall and stand in a group. The Beiyang soldiers lined up to raise their guns, and the commander gave an order, and after the gunshots, these people fell to the ground one after another. The soldiers of the Beiyang Army who were executed did not stop, and stepped forward to replenish the guns of the undead one by one.

Even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty kills the head, there will be a cutscene, and even give a sip of wine. The Beiyang Army shot and killed prisoners in batches so neatly that Fan Ainong couldn't understand what he was looking at for a while. However, the two tax policemen who came with him were more clever, seeing that this situation was too beyond common sense, they hurriedly pulled Fan Ainong to prepare to leave. It's just that the Beiyang Army is willing to let these three suspicious people and others walk around casually. Someone had already come and stopped the three of them. "What do you guys do?" The first officer asked in the local dialect of Hangzhou.

The other party was from Zhejiang instead of a northerner, which made the tax policeman who followed Fan Ainong feel relieved, he hurriedly handed over the pass, and said with a smile: "We are from Mrs. Fan's family in Changxing, I heard that something happened, hurry home." ”

While looking at the paperwork, the officer asked suspiciously, "Why did you go here in Changxing?" ”

"It's not that I heard that Changxing is fighting, so I took a detour from Anji."

This explanation is also reasonable, the Beiyang Army has no problem reading documents, and seeing that Fan Ainong looks like a scholar, the two next to him have a Hangzhou accent and wear the clothes of a tax policeman. Under interrogation, I found out that one of the tax police officers had been neighbors when he was a child. At this time, the relationship between everyone immediately became close, and the officer returned the paperwork to Fan Ainong, and carefully explained: "You have to be careful on the road, take the big road, and walk during the day." Otherwise, if you are treated as a thief, it will be difficult to speak. ”

"Sir, who is the thief? It's scary to watch. The tax policeman asked with a smile.

"Those in western Zhejiang, as long as they follow Xu Xilin and Qiujin, they are all thieves. And we were given orders that those identified by the local gentry would also be treated as thieves. ”

"There are so many thieves?" The tax policeman looked at the heads at the head of the city and quickly twisted their heads back.

The officer sighed, "The ones on the city walls are still just following the thieves. There are also some factories in Anji City, and many people in the factories have festivals with some masters in the city, and as soon as these masters report it, they will be arrested and killed as thieves. Such a county town killed one or two thousand. Men kill, women also kill. Alas! Iniquity. ”

"Thank you, thank you!" The tax policeman hurriedly replied. Seeing Fan Ainong looking at another group of people being taken out of the city with a dull expression, the tax police hurriedly pulled Fan Ainong, "Young Master Fan, let's leave quickly." It's so messy, I went home early and saw that I was steady. ”

Perhaps out of the friendship of the neighbors, or after reading the big seal of the governor of Zhejiang, the officer lowered his voice and said: "You have to be careful on the road, there is a lot of chaos here now." Many militia groups have already arrived in the countryside, and they have heard that under the guidance of those lords in the countryside, they have begun to kill the peasant associations. So take the main road and don't go into the village. ”

The tax policeman said goodbye to the officer with a thousand thanks, and immediately dragged Fan Ainong to walk quickly. The three of them had not gone far when they heard a burst of gunfire behind them. The three of them remembered the scene they had just seen, and their bodies couldn't help but stiffen. A moment later, there was scattered gunfire, which should be the movement of replenishing guns.

Finally out of the county, the tax sheriff let out a long breath, and couldn't help patting his chest and saying, "Mr. Fan, I was scared to death." ”

Fan Ainong didn't answer, he frowned and said to himself: "How could the people of the militia group arrive in western Zhejiang so quickly? ”

"Huh?" The tax police didn't understand what was going on.

Fan Ainong didn't explain either, and the three of them continued to quicken their pace and began to hurry. After walking a short distance, I smelled a smell of blood, and when I looked closely, I found that the blood smell was actually floating from a small river in front of me. Courageously walked over, and the three of them were shocked by what they saw. It was an ordinary river, flowing merrily down the mountain, but the water took on a strange red color, and the bloody smell emanated from this river.

Looking up at the upper reaches of the river, the river is obscured by the dense woods upstream. There were no corpses or stumps in the clear red water, and the water crashed against the stones with a cheerful roar, as if a red ribbon was flowing.

"Let's go, go up and have a look." Fan Ainong didn't care about the two tax policemen, just said a word and walked along the river towards the mountain.