Dafeng held a torch and stood behind Jiang Yuniang, she shouted loudly: "Sister Jiang, let's send a telegram to Beijing, what do they do, let's do it, fight with the warlords to the end, tell them that all the people here in Changsha must all support Beijing, whoever dares to sign at that peace conference, let's break his neck." The flames of the torches were blown by the night wind, beating vigorously, and the firelight reflected on Dafeng's face, lining her excited face, and it was red.

"Yes, send a report to Beijing." Everyone agreed.

Jiang Yuniang nodded, "Yes, this, we are already working on it, the power supply has been prepared, Mr. Ren and they are working on this matter." It will be sent not only to Beijing, but also to the whole country, and this time, we must make a big noise, mobilize everyone to participate, and force the Beiyang government not to recognize the humiliating contract imposed on us by foreign countries. ”

"Yes, that's it." Everyone agreed. Jiang Yuniang continued: "Regarding specific actions, let Lao Qian tell you about it." ”

Qian Zhihou walked to the front, he was dressed in overalls with open arms, and waved his big hand, "Our trade unions in various industries have been discussed, starting tomorrow, we will organize all workers to march on the streets, and have reached an agreement with the main responsible persons of the Chamber of Commerce, the Farmers' Association, the Student Union, and the Teachers' Union, to go to the streets together to engage in a large-scale demonstration, this event, not only our Hunan, but all over the country, are held together, so to speak, we have never engaged in such large-scale activities in China for thousands of years, This is the first time that the ground has been split. Therefore, we must make a prestige, today, everyone discussed and discussed, decided on the action plan, did a good job of connecting in a timely manner, prepared safeguard measures, and tomorrow morning, we will all gather in the square in front of the Municipal Education Department, and everyone will go. ”

Lao Qian spoke cleanly and neatly, his voice was thick, and his voice came far away. After finishing speaking, everyone still felt a buzzing in their ears.

In addition to denouncing the traitorous behavior of the Beiyang government and condemning the shameless acts of the European powers, they also called on everyone to work hard to mobilize the people around them, not to be spectators, and to actively participate in the wave of protests. Xiaobai, Xiaoyue, Ah Rong and other students spoke the most enthusiastically, they are all some vigorous and enthusiastic young people, at the age of easy excitement, all of them are in high spirits, and when they talk about excitement, they often burst into tears.

The discussions and speeches on the field, accompanied by bursts of applause and slogans, continued until late at night, and everyone's mood was extremely excited.

Jiang Yuniang asked Duan Laosan and Li Erhei to be responsible for the defense of the demonstrations, she said: "Zhang Jingyao, Lu Daya and others will not support us, they only think about maintaining their own rule, what country rises and falls, the people's suffering, in their hearts is not worth it at all, to secretly organize armed forces, to protect the safety of the demonstrators, when necessary, to carry out armed resistance." ”

"No problem." Li Erhei said: "We will secretly transport weapons into the city tonight, they dare to use force, and we are not vegetarians." ”

"Well," Jiang Yuniang nodded, "If our momentum is strong enough, they may not dare to suppress it blatantly, but we must take precautions and deal with it." I'll have Hu Xuan prepare all the surveillance posts in the city, keep in touch, and keep abreast of the enemy's movements. ”

Regarding the organization, convocation, reconnaissance, defense and other matters of the parade, Jiang Yuniang made arrangements one by one, and every place was meticulous, and everyone was accustomed to her excellent overall situation and command ability, and went to prepare separately according to their respective tasks.

2

Beijing, May 4.

In the morning, student representatives from various schools first met and decided to hold a mass demonstration. Everyone has realized that if no longer acts and allows the Beiyang government to succumb to foreign pressure, the country will fall into an uncontrollable crisis of national destruction, so it is urgent to call on the people to save the country.

Little did this group of male and female students who were angry about state affairs know that they would take the lead in opening a new chapter in Chinese history.

The beginning of every era will inevitably lead to major events as the fuse, thus contributing to a major turning point in social development. China's modern history started from the "May Fourth Movement", and it was in that great movement that people's ideological consciousness and national concept were profoundly awakened and sublimated, so that Chinese society entered a new era that was different from the past, and China's feudal society, represented by the old consciousness and old traditions, which had lasted for thousands of years, was officially buried in the grave of history.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, in front of Tiananmen Square, more than 3,000 students had gathered.

A bloody book, fluttering high in front of Tiananmen Square, with four big characters on it: "Return me to Qingdao." "The big red letters written in blood are particularly eye-catching. Led by Fu Sinian, Luo Jialun, Kuang Husheng and others, the students marched towards the embassy area while chanting slogans. On the streets, people on both sides of the road gave strong support to the students' actions, some delivered water, some delivered food, some shouted slogans, and some directly joined the march.

A large number of military and police officers came from different directions and tried to stop the students' movements, but the students and citizens were like a group of angry lions, all of them were awe-inspiring and inviolable, and the military and police had never seen such a scene, and some of them cowered. While the students broke through their barriers, they told them about the bullying of China by the great powers at the Paris Peace Conference, and the government was willing to give in, and some of the soldiers and policemen were persuaded to do so, but they were forced to bluff and did not work hard to stop the students.

There is a very interesting scene, one of the infantry commanders surnamed Li, was ordered to take the soldiers to disperse the students, this commander Li was also dissatisfied with the decision of the authorities, but because of his duties, he had to carry out the order, he politely advised the students not to use force, and expressed his willingness to help them convey their opinions, the students also preached to him for a while, after listening to it, Chief Li took his men and left.

On the street, banners were all typed out, with all kinds of big characters written on them: "Swear to fight to the death, return me to Qingdao." "Take back Shandong's rights." "Refusal to sign the Peace Treaty of Paris." "Repeal Twenty-one." "Boycott Japanese goods." "I'd rather break the jade than be the whole tile." "Fight for sovereignty outside, except for **** inside."

When the procession reached the embassy area, it was stopped by patrols, and the student representatives asked to meet with the ministers of the four countries, but only the American ministers accepted the students' submissions, and the British, French, and Italian embassies refused to accept them. (To be continued.) )