(1st Update)

Throughout the night, the front of the Regent's palace was blocked, and the crowd piled up around Shichahai and Houhai, either sitting on the ground or shouting loudly, and when the protest was carried out the next day, the troublesome councillors who had been cold all night could not bear it any longer, and in the early morning of this day, they telegraphed the whole country in the name of the Petition Comrades Association, asking the people of the whole country to take action, and the wharf strike, the workers' strike, the merchants' strike, the students' strike, the swearing, the vow not to return, and so far, the hard-won peace was completely broken, The second petition campaign was officially launched.

Now that all the hole cards have been used, there is no other way for both sides to fight to the death, after all, there is only one person who can sit on the Iron Throne of the Empire.

With the experience of the first petition, the instigation efficiency of the comrades' associations was far higher than that of the last time, and they joined hands with the local consultative bureaus to have a clear division of labor, and the consultative bureaus organized the locals to petition the governors of the provinces, and then successively sent some people to Beijing to support the petition activities in the capital; they specifically stipulated that each prefecture, department, prefecture, and county should send one or two representatives to Beijing, at least 100 or more people from nearby provinces, at least 50 or more people from distant provinces, and even Gansu Province, the most remote country, also organized a delegation of more than 70 people to Beijing to provide support.

In addition, overseas students also joined in this vigorous petition movement, and more than 1,000 students studying in Japan held a rally at the Tokyo Jinhui Hall that night to support the petition delegation and express their willingness to actively participate in the second National Congress. Subsequently, overseas Chinese in Nanyang, the Americas, Japan, and other places also called one after another to support the petition activities, and sent representatives to Beijing one after another to show their support.

In this regard, Zaifeng's response is, suppression! And the response of the governors everywhere is, watch the play!

Far away in the sky, these ministers are not stupid, this artillery fire is aimed at you Zaifeng, we will not take the blame for you, just take advantage of the chaotic situation, take back the power that has been collected by the central government in the past two years, and take back little by little, the governors of various places are fishing in troubled waters, and the senior officials in the capital are also pretending to be confused, everyone knows that this is the battle between your King Qing and Zaifeng, the situation is uncertain and has not yet reached the time to stand in line, so they simply sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, in this way, from the local to the central, to the domestic to overseas, All the pressure converged on Zaifeng's body without hindrance.

Zaifeng is in a deep predicament.

"Lord Wang, they're making trouble again!" The eunuch hurriedly intruded, shouting and screaming.

"They dared to break in!?" Zaifeng slapped the table, stood up, and asked vigilantly.

"It's not even yet, it's just that there are more people"

"You tell the palace guards, if anyone dares to step forward, they will be killed!" Two bloody words popped out of Zaifeng's mouth.

"Kill?"

The eunuch was frightened, knowing that this was Zaifeng's irrational behavior, not to mention killing, whoever dared to shoot at the crowd was afraid that someone would pounce on him and punch him to death in the next second, and the guards were not stupid, and the hands holding the guns were trembling.

A few eunuchs, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to step forward.

"Lord Wang, there is a sentence that the minions don't know whether to say or not?"

Zaifeng glared, "Say!" ”

The eunuch swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said tremblingly: "The regent should call Lord Liang over to discuss, he has the most ideas, and he will definitely be able to solve this dilemma." ”

This is no way, but it is the best way, in fact, the eunuch also wondered why the prince didn't call Liangbi for the first time, they have always talked about everything, the reason is only known to Zaifeng.

"Minister"

Zaifeng hesitated

"Regent, quickly invite Lord Liang, if you continue to make trouble like this, I'm afraid," the eunuch pondered for a long time before he had enough courage to continue, "I'm afraid it will also cause a monstrous disaster!" ”

A monstrous disaster

Hearing these four words, Zaifeng's heart felt like he had been stabbed and changed his mind.

"This king doesn't believe it, I have been in the Qing Dynasty for 260 years, how can I allow a group of mobs to rage like this!" Zaifeng slammed the table, "Go, let the old Fu Jin and the big Fu Jin stay in the South Garden, this king wants to see how long they can be arrogant?" ”

A group of eunuchs hung their heads and paused, knowing that the master's blood was coming up again, so they had no choice but to obey the order, and they wailed when they went out.

On the fifth day of the stalemate between the two sides, petition groups from all over the country arrived in Beijing in batches, and the old railway station at Qianmen was overcrowded for a while, and as far as the eye could see, thousands of people were holding the Yellow Dragon Flag and dancing, and the petition groups from various provinces were chatting and laughing at the station, as if they had regarded this place as a temporary racecourse.

Immediately after that, the situation was even more unfavorable to Zaifeng, especially the defection of the low-level officials, when the Shanxi petition representatives arrived in Beijing, all the Shanxi officials in Beijing actually drove to Zhengyangmen Station to meet the provincial representatives, which was very lively for a while, and caused a sensation in Beijing.

The situation was similar across the country, which, unlike the previous two petitions, was well organized and effective, mobilizing people from all walks of life and carrying out huge petition signatures and marches. More than 1,000 people from all walks of life in Zhili led by Wen Shilin, president of the National Academic Petition Association, and others, lined up to petition the Governor General of Zhili, forcing the Governor of Zhili Cen Chunxuan to submit, 10 days later, more than 3,000 people from all walks of life in Henan held a petition signature activity in Kaifeng Youliang Temple, and then lined up to Henan Governor Yamen to petition, Governor Bao Di personally came out to meet and promised to play the imperial court, more than 1,000 people in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province gathered, signed to support the petition activities, and went to the Governor Yamen to petition; On the same day, the Shanxi Consultative Bureau and the National Assembly Petition Comrades Association organized and held a petition meeting of more than 10,000 people, and more than 5,000 people signed on the spot.

More than 5,000 people from all walks of life in Fujian marched to the governor's yamen to petition, and the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Songshou, accepted the petition, and on the same day, the Sichuan Congress Petition Comrades Association held a petition meeting, attended by more than 6,000 people, and under the leadership of Pu Dianjun, the former chairman of the Consultative Bureau, everyone lined up to go to the governor's yamen to petition, and the governor Zhao Erxun promised to perform on his behalf, and under the organization of the provincial petition comrades' associations, the signature petition activities in other provinces such as Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, and other places are in full swing. In particular, the petition activities in the three northeastern provinces were particularly enthusiastic, with more than 10,000 people rallying in Fengtian and nearly 300,000 signatories.

On the sixth day of the petition, the governors of 23 provinces sent a telegram to the central government, and 105 generals, daotai, political envoys, and secretaries jointly put pressure on the central government, and the bureaucratic class turned against each other, and Zaifeng had to come forward.

On this day, the tightly closed gate of the palace opened, and under the attention of countless people, Zaifeng appeared.

Thousands of people knelt down together and began to cry loudly, although they all had prejudices against Zaifeng, but when the people in front of them appeared, they still couldn't stop falling to the ground, the same king, the same as the son of heaven, this supreme dignity, future generations are far from understanding.

"This king has heard what you said, but the establishment of a cabinet is not a matter of one day, the people should not blaspheme, the court has its own judgment!" As soon as Zaifeng came forward, he scolded sharply, and the resentment that had been suppressed for several days also broke out at this time.

This sentence slammed into the heads of the petitioners like a slap in the head, and they gradually stopped crying, and a new round of shouting began to ignite again.

"There are so many petitions from the people, and if the regent refuses to allow it, it will inevitably disappoint the will of the people!"

The people's cries were like a tsunami in the mountains, shaking Zaifeng's eardrums.

Noisy!

It's all noise!

"The great plan of state affairs, how can you wait for one or two small people to participate in it!" Jae-feng roared, tearing apart all the illusions of the petitioners, and the crowd was in an uproar and began to stir incessantly.

"How can the regent be so disrespectful of public opinion!" The crowd shouted!

Public opinion? Where is the public opinion? It's not you people who have the final say, Zaifeng snorted and sneered.

"Then let the Lord Regent see our public opinion!"

There were a few rustling sounds in the crowd, and a package was presented hand by hand and thrown in front of Zaifeng.

"This is the will of the people!"

There was a sneer from the crowd, and then the package was slowly opened

Zaifeng glanced at it with contempt, and the arrogance that was originally on his face was gone, and just one glance made his soul fly away.

That's more than a thousand fingers (to be continued.) )