From the last days of the 19th century, the Imperial City Square in the center of Yingtianfu was once again crowded with people who marched and petitioned the Socialist Party. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A Tianma car, which is no longer a novelty in the current Ming Empire, walked along the Zhengyangmen Outer Street in Yingtianfu, passed through Zhengyangmen, and entered the crowded Imperial City Square, and then there was no way to drive forward. The driver of the car could only turn around and say to a man in his thirties in a gray tweed military uniform in the back seat: "Sir, there is no way ahead." ”

The middle-aged man rolled down the window glass of the car, and before he could look out, the voice of the angry slogan shouted and swept in: "Long live dynastic socialism!" Long live universal suffrage! Implement an eight-hour workday! Implement a minimum wage! ”

Next to the middle-aged man sat a teenager in a school uniform, only six or seven years old, with a schoolbag slung over his shoulder, his eyes were large, and he looked extremely intelligent, and he seemed to be attracted by the slogans outside.

"Daddy, what are so many people out there doing?"

"It's all nonsense! If you don't study and work hard, you will know that you will make trouble! The middle-aged man said to his son with a straight face, "Three boys, if you don't study hard, you will be like them in the future, you won't have a good job, you won't have a good house to live in, so you have to work hard in the factory!" ”

"I know, my son must work hard, and he must be in the top 1o in the final exam...... Uh, the top 2o! In the future, I want to get ahead like my grandfather, grandfather and daddy. Of course, the boy didn't know what hard labor was, but he still promised his father to study hard. He was born in a military family, and his great-grandfather Mao Zhongmin was the founder of the country. My grandfather also fought in the First World War. He is now a lieutenant general in the Ming Imperial Army. My father is also the elite of the Ming Army, and the current major of the Military Section of the Ministry of War is not a minor officer without a future, but the only way in the promotion process of the army elite, and only the top students of the Army University can serve as a high-achieving student.

"Okay, for my father, I can remember your words, the 2o in the whole grade!" The middle-aged officer gave his son a serious look, then pushed open the car door, "Get out of the car." We walked to the Imperial City. ”

"I know, my father ......" the young man's face was a little sad. What he wants to say is that the 2o place in the class is in a class with a total of 4o students, not among the more than 400 teenagers in the first grade of Huangcheng Public School, there is no shortage of talented teenagers in Huangcheng Public School, most of the descendants of Zhu Jishi are quite good at reading, and many descendants of the heirlooms of poetry and rites are also reading materials, and it is not easy to rank in the top 2o among so many reading materials.

"Alas, there's another gathering here! You are the eldest brother, it seems that we can only walk to school. ”

At this moment, two teenagers in school clothes stepped down from a tram that was blocked in Zhengyangmen. glanced at the crowd of people in the Imperial City Square, and exhaled white air. One of the teenage boys, who spoke with a Zhejiang accent, said with a wry smile to the other person next to him.

"Brother Zhiqing, these poor people are too. With this kind of energy to march and protest, it is better to learn something and do something, that is the right way! The young man known as "Brother Ruwei" wore a well-made straw mud horsehair coat, followed by a tall and strong servant, who looked like the young master of a rich family.

And the "Brother Zhiqing" beside him is much shabby. He was just wearing a thin Imperial City Public School uniform, and there were no servants to follow, and he carried a schoolbag sewn from canvas.

"You are the eldest brother, in fact, it is not that these poor people do not work hard, but this world is unfair, so tired that they work all day without rest, but the income is not enough to support their families. That's why my father founded the Socialist Party and came out to speak for them. ”

It turned out that the teenager was Chiang Chow Tai, the son of the late Socialist Party chairman and member of the House of Commons, Chiang Siu-chung. When he enrolled in Huangcheng Public School, Jiang Zhaocong was still in the world, and his family background was not bad. However, since the death of Jiang Zhaocong, the family has plummeted, and he can't even afford to pay the tuition fees of Huangcheng Public School, so he relies on his hard work and won a scholarship so that he can continue to study in the junior high school (Huangcheng Public School junior high school), which has the highest level of education in Daming.

And the rich son who traveled with him was his classmate at Huangcheng Public School, the young master of the Xu family in Guangzhou, named Xu Chongzhi. Although he also lost his father at a young age, the Gaodi Xu family was a wealthy family in Guangdong, and soon after Zhu Jishi captured Guangzhou, he raised his clan from the dragon. There have been many big names in the military, politics and business circles of the Ming Dynasty, including the founder of the Jishi Youth Party and the former Zuo Prime Minister Count Xu Yingqi.

However, although the current family background of the two is a lot different, the actual class is the same, otherwise Xu Chongzhi and Jiang Zhoutai would not become friends. Although Jiang Zhaocong is dead, his connections, prestige, and seniority in the Socialist Party are still in China, and the Chinese Socialist Party is of course following socialism with Ming characteristics, and it is very common for Socialist Party politicians to form a relationship of mentorship and apprenticeship, alliance and brotherhood.

The current chairman of the Socialist Party, Kang Youwei, is Jiang Zhaocong's "student", and Jiang Zhoutai is a brother! If nothing else, once Chiang Zhoutai graduated from university, he would immediately be able to use the political resources of the Socialist Party to enter politics. First a trade union lawyer, then a trade union leader, you can run for parliament or public office before the age of 30, and there is no problem in entering the hall of the lower house of the Imperial Assembly before the age of 40 to become a member of the parliament, and if you are lucky, you can also become a governor, a scholar or even a left prime minister!

Therefore, this classmate Jiang Zhoutai has long attracted the attention of "prophets", and there are even several unsatisfactory marquis in the Ming royal family who are planning to marry his daughter (Zhu Jishi's granddaughter) to this future parliamentarian and minister...... Therefore, Jiang Zhoutai, a proletariat, will never be discriminated against in the Imperial City Public School.

When three teenagers who were destined to have an extraordinary life rushed to go to school at Huangcheng Public School. At present, several prominent figures in the Ming political arena started to talk in a conference room under the jurisdiction of the imperial study in Hongwumen.

On one side of the talks were Kang Youwei, chairman of the Chinese Socialist Party, and several members of the Socialist Party. On the other hand, the grandson of Liang Jingquan, the former chairman of the Jishi Youth Party, who had just been ousted by Kang Youwei's revelations, Liang Qichao, deputy minister of the Imperial Study, Tan Sitong, secretary general of the Cabinet Office, and Zhu Bangshi, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

"The petition of the Socialist Party has been submitted to His Majesty the Emperor, and now you should immediately put an end to the petition and end the occupation of the Imperial City Square!"

It was Zhu Bangshi who was wearing a military uniform who spoke, I don't know if he envied Zhu Juan's great martial arts in his heart, Zhu Guoxiong did not train a successor according to his own experience, but sent him to the junior class of the Royal Military Academy. The 34-year-old Royal Highness the Crown Prince has passed the three important passes of "Army University", "Provincial Staff" (that is, Mao Sanyanzi's father's current position) and "Military Attache Abroad", and is currently serving as the chief staff officer of the Royal Guard, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and is now talking to Kang Youwei and others in the name of the representative of the Guards responsible for defending the imperial city.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the crowd outside wants to know His Majesty's reply, and then they will disperse." Kang Youwei, chairman of the Socialist Party, of course, knew the crown prince, and he himself was a member of the lower house of parliament, and he was an acquaintance of the top figures of the Ming Empire.

"Mr. Nanhai," it was Liang Qichao who answered this question, he was the deputy minister of the Imperial Study, and the petition submitted to the emperor was accepted by the Imperial Study on behalf of the Emperor, and the emperor's reply was naturally conveyed by the Imperial Study. "Your Majesty believes that the content of the petition involves amending the law, and it should be submitted by the parliament in accordance with the procedure, which is the principle of the constitution of my Daming parliament."

Tan Sitong also said: "Mr. Nanhai, the petition launched by your party has violated the "Petition Law" and the "Procession and Assembly Law", and the cabinet and Ying Tianfu have the right to use the military and police to clear the venue. ”

Liang Qichao is kicking the ball, and Tan Si is also scaring people, if the matter of universal suffrage is brought to the parliament for discussion, it will not be 100% passed! Because according to the current election rules, the Jishi Youth Party and the Donglin Party can firmly hold power and take turns in power. But if universal suffrage is introduced, the Socialist Party, which has a huge influence in the working class, will receive a large number of votes and will probably become the largest party! As for the use of military and police clearances...... This is pointless, there is a next time after this clearance, and no one thinks that universal suffrage will be obtained through a few petitions anyway.

The Chartist movement in Britain struggled for more than ten years without success, and in the end it was a revolution that gave the toiling masses of Britain votes! As for Donghua's universal suffrage, it was also fought by the people of Donghua with their lives! Therefore, Kang Youwei has long been mentally prepared for the failure of this petition, and the interests involved behind universal suffrage are huge, and the game around it will naturally not be so easy to produce results.

As for further judicial sanctions, he is not at all worried. The Socialist Party has no shortage of barristers who know how to exploit legal loopholes. It is completely wishful thinking to use the judiciary to suppress a big party with a broad social base under the constitutional system! So Kang Youwei has nothing to fear, but he doesn't want to fall out with the authorities.

"Is it His Majesty's edict that I will disperse?" Kang Youwei didn't wait for Liang Qichao to answer, so he asked himself, "If it is His Majesty's edict, I dare not obey." If it were not for the edict of the Son of Heaven, we would continue to fight. ”

'This is to make the emperor edict!' Liang Qichao and Zhu Bangshi glanced at each other, and Liang Qichao said: "The Son of Heaven has left Beijing, and he sent the Emperor Taishang to the sea for a cruise." ”

"Oh, the Son of Heaven can send an edict even if he is not in Beijing." Kang Youwei smiled slightly, "Ren Fu, you might as well work hard, go to the Son of Heaven to ask for a clear edict before driving, and the petition can be ended before the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, so that we can all have a good year." (To be continued......)