Chapter 103: Riots
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Na Tong's forceful repression inevitably led to bloodshed, and the soldiers stormed the newspaper building, smashed it, and after confiscating the printing plates of this issue, the newspapers that had not been published were burned on the spot, and the writers and newspaper reviewers were ordered to be handed over immediately, otherwise the newspaper would be permanently sealed.
The newspaper industry in Jinmen, which had always been active, and there were many constitutional and revolutionary currents, had never been treated so barbarically, and they fought on the basis of the "Great Qing Newspaper Law" that had just been promulgated, swore innocence, and refused to hand over anyone, so the situation reached a stalemate, and in the end, in a fit of rage, Na Tong could not wait, and he ordered the arrest of the main person in charge of the private newspaper office, and if there was any disobedience, he was punished on the spot for obstructing official duties.
Even at the risk of confronting the government, the people of the newspaper company in Jinmen were unwilling to compromise, and all of them stood up and were voluntarily arrested, and when the soldiers escorted more than 100 people on the street, the pedestrians on both sides consciously stopped and stared at them with wide eyes, and on this day, the prison of Zhili Mansion was unexpectedly overcrowded.
At noon that day, the merchants began to strike, the wharf began to shut down, and the remaining newspapers began to wave their flags and shout, and the curfew and clearance orders issued by Natong before angered everyone, Tianjin has always been an important place of commerce and trade in the north, and trade is frequent, and the curfew means that all commercial activities must be stopped at night, which undoubtedly violates their interests, and the unpopular order of that Tong, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and it didn't take long for it to be widely spread, The previous bloodshed has been falsely rumored into multiple versions, and tensions between the government and the people have become increasingly high.
Of course, the high-ranking government has never been in the habit of refuting rumors, so the entire Jinmen area has the same hatred and hatred, and the voices of scolding Natong are endless, and a riot begins to brew quietly in such an atmosphere.
This kind of thing has not happened in Tianjin's territory by force, but the fault of that Tong is that he did not understand what the situation is now, since the implementation of the new policy, the constitutional trend is rampant, and the power of officials is forced to begin to be included in the scope of the law, and the suppression of Natong is unknown, and it directly caused the chaos and disorder in the entire Tianjin area, on the same day, the Zhili Prefecture Advisory Bureau summoned and asked the acting governor Na Tong to be questioned by the Advisory Bureau, stating the whole thing, and Na Tong who got the news was almost angry, What is the consultative bureau, and what right does it have to dare to summon the dignified governor, Natong, who is accustomed to the official position, simply ignored it, and refuted his ultra vires behavior of obstructing the governor's office.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Advisory Bureau summoned Na Tong again, and this time they clearly put forward three conditions, first, to immediately release the arrested persons, second, to immediately cancel the curfew and clearance orders, and third, the Governor of Nali must follow the example of the European and American Parliaments and personally go to the lobby of the Advisory Council to be questioned by the members. The result is not surprising, this summons also did not get any attention from Na Tong, in the face of the consultative bureau's reluctance, Na Tong just mocked others, the dignified feudal officials, actually want to confront a group of ordinary people, where to put my emperor, what kind of system, it is a joke.
The news of Na Tong's refusal to appear came again, and the entire Consultative Bureau fell into a boil, and after a brief discussion, this time they moved their real character, on the one hand, they wrote a letter to impeach Na Tong, listing his five major crimes, and on the other hand, they organized the masses to gather in front of the Governor's Palace, and they wanted to use this to pressure Na Tong to come forward and ask for an explanation in person.
Most of the parliamentarians are highly respected folk gentry, coupled with Natong's unpopular behavior, the ordinary people suffer from not having a leader, so the councillors' proposal came out, the people naturally responded, more than three o'clock in the afternoon, more than 1,000 people gathered in front of the Governor's Mansion in Zhili, protested loudly, the sound was earth-shattering, the surging public sentiment attracted more people, like a snowball rolled bigger and bigger, less than an hour, there were thousands of people around the Governor's Palace.
Na Tong who got the news was not too panicked, he deployed a large number of soldiers and police in advance, and the entire government garrison was impassable, all of them were loaded with guns and ammunition, and there were unarmed people in front of them, so Tong could sit back and relax, how? You ordinary people still dare to break in, Na Tong's attitude is very clear, and he gave an order to the soldiers, and those who dare to advance without permission will be punished as a nuisance to the government officials, and they will be killed.
The gentry did not choose to fight hard, they naturally did not dare to rush forward with their guns, but knelt in front of the governor's palace in unison, shouting benevolence, righteousness and morality, and venting their inner dissatisfaction in this way.
The door of the Governor's Mansion was always closed, Na Tong sat in the inner hall and drank tea leisurely, seized those unopened newspapers, public opinion should also stop, and let the news continue to spread This is what he cares about, as for the people who make trouble, he doesn't care at all, and at night, the troublemakers who have not entered the firewood, rice, oil and salt should also disperse.
What he was most worried about was Sheng Xuanhuai's side, what did the latter dig up from the people involved? In the end, according to what the newspaper said, everything was really revealed, and when I thought of this, Na Tong became worried again.
The protest continued, but seeing that the sky was getting darker, Na Tong never had any intention of coming out to talk, and his stubbornness finally made some radical parliamentarians lose patience.
"My Majesty the Emperor with the grace of eternal life, ordered the whole country to implement a constitutional state, the government of public opinion, the establishment of a parliament to supervise the Ministry of Justice, this thousand years of unprecedented things, but the acting governor Na Tong, disregard the holy will, embezzle public rights, embezzle public funds, in order to repay private pockets, destroy the law, contrary to public opinion, this man and God are angry about the five major sins, now my kind subjects gather here, is to ask for a statement, that Tong one day out of the government, my generation will not disperse one day, that Tong one day does not give an explanation, I Tianjin hundreds of thousands of people will not stop a day, based on reason, Death. ”
In the name of the emperor, the parliamentarians began to make impromptu speeches, angrily denouncing Na Tong's crimes, and for a time the nearly 10,000 citizens gathered around the governor's palace were excited, and the voices of bitter scolding were endless, and the soldiers and the innermost masses continued to rub against each other, and at about seven o'clock in the evening, under the instigation of some revolutionaries, the crowd began to storm the gate of the palace, firing guns to signal that it was useless, and the scene was completely out of control.
"My lord, my lord, oh no! Something happened! Something happened! ”
The garrison military attache of the Governor's Mansion hurriedly came to report, and before he could reach Natong, he was forced back by a stern reprimand.
"Panic what! Panic what! ”
Na Tong shouted, he also heard the noise from outside just now, he was already upset, considering that the garrison of the Governor's Palace was the same as an iron cylinder, what else was there to worry about, they were not afraid of bullets?
"My lord, those people are rushing in!"
When he heard this, Na Tong's face suddenly changed, and he said with a glare.
"What did you say?"
"A crack has been smashed in the door, and it looks like it's about to break in."
"Aren't there soldiers staring at them!" Na Tong had already begun to panic.
"The soldiers didn't want to shoot in front of them, and the crowd rushed up, and those soldiers were disarmed before they could move, my lord, that's more than 10,000 people! , how can this be stopped! ”
Tens of thousands?! Na Kirichi sat down in his seat, sweating profusely and panting.
"My lord, what can I do!"
"Don't panic, come with me to have a look."
Na Tong packed up his things, walked out of the lobby, stood far away by the path, looked at the door, the whole person was stupid, the strong door was already crumbling, and it looked like it was about to collapse.
"My lord, the Governor's Mansion can't stand it, let's go quickly, everything is considered in the long run."
The attendant's words woke up Natong, whose mind was blank, and he shouted yes again and again, and then stepped back regardless of his manners.
"Let's go, let's go!"
The running Tong was extremely embarrassed, he didn't dare to wear the official robe on his body, he threw it aside, and sneaked out of the back door with a hat, and after that, he didn't even dare to report his name, so he just found an inn and hid.
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