With a long whistle, the train finally stopped. The locomotive "was stunned to reduce the pressure on the boiler, and at the same time, the conductor began to open the doors of each carriage and urge the passengers to get off.

Passengers looked out of the car window, and found that this is not a train station, but a field, and you can see farmland in the distance, the autumn harvest is approaching, and the farmland is golden, but compared to previous years, there are basically no cash crops in the field, but mainly grain. During the economic crisis, the demand for cash crops in the factory is indeed not large, for farmers, it is still cost-effective to grow food, even if it cannot be sold at a good price, it can be stored and eaten by itself, because chemical fertilizers can be saved, so the growth of crops is indeed not very good.

"Why don't you stop at the station? Where is it now? ”

Some passengers grabbed the conductor and asked, but they were surprised by the reply.

"The military management in front, this train can't enter the train station, there are several passenger cars blocked on the tracks in front, and they are all veterans like you, who entered Beijing to shout a complaint of injustice, and they can't enter the station, and now the railway station is crowded with people. So, you're going to have to get off here and walk into town.

This is Changxin store, not far from Beijing City. If you don't have good legs, you may have to find a hotel to stay overnight in Changxindian. ”

The conductor's words quickly caused a lot of scolding, but the scolding was scolding, the ass of the train in front of him could indeed be seen, the conductor and the conductor were helpless, and even the passenger car could not even adjust the front of the train, and if you wanted to return south, you could only drive back backwards.

Eventually, all the passengers calmed down and carried their luggage. The family got out of the car and stopped in the field, you looked at me, I looked at you, and soon gathered together to meet on foot into Beijing.

Following these veterans off the train, Zhang Taiyan and Xiong Chengji also gathered to discuss, and finally the two unanimously decided to go to Changxin Store first, and if possible, hang up the phone to the Kuomintang branch in Beijing and ask them to send a truck over. Drag everyone to Beijing.

Before leaving, Xiong Chengji specially invited the lame captain Yang Ben, which meant that Yang Ben was invited to go to Beijing with him, after all, he was also Xiong Chengji's subordinate back then, in terms of feelings and righteousness, Xiong Chengji couldn't watch the revolutionary subordinates of the year have nothing to eat anyway, Xiong Chengji is planning to go away, can he find an acquaintance to find a stable job for Yang Ben in Beijing.

But Yang Ben politely declined Xiong Chengji's kindness, and he told Xiong Chengji that he would rather stay with his comrades, and only in the organization of the Invalides Association did he feel safe and feel a little warm.

Xiong Chengji had no choice but to leave first, followed Zhang Taiyan, led the attaché, left the railway, and went around from the country road to Changxindian.

The place where the train stopped was still several miles away from Changxindian, and it took more than an hour for everyone to trek to the town, but when they arrived at the entrance of the town, they found that the town was already overcrowded, and the trains that entered the station in front of them threw passengers in the town. And most of these passengers are veterans, they have no money to live in the hotel, so they simply set up a shed on the side of the road, ready to rest first, such a scene can be seen everywhere in and outside the town, veterans drag their families and mouths, this originally peaceful town makes a noise, the chief of the police station in the town is busy sending police officers to the street to maintain order, and ask the higher authorities to send additional manpower to help maintain order.

Xiong Chengji and Zhang Taiyan were in the town police station to the Beijing branch of the Kuomintang League, and although the phone was shaken, the person who answered the phone told them that there were no cars to adjust, because all the cars were requisitioned by the city government and the Ministry of the Interior, supposedly to evacuate the uninvited veterans and their families, but in fact, most of those cars seemed to be used by the Ministry of the Interior to dispatch troops.

Now, it's not just the Changxindian police who are in a hurry. Police throughout Beijing and even Hebei are busy, and the Ministry of the Interior has sent numerous troops to various key transportation hubs to deal with emergencies, and even dispatched armored vehicles.

Pressing down the phone, Xiong Chengji and Zhang Taiyan looked at each other. Only then did they realize that the current situation was very critical, and they had been optimistic that only their train had veterans who had petitioned from Jianjing, but now, they finally realized that the Li Yuanhong government was facing a very bad situation this time, and if they were not careful, they would set themselves on fire, but this bundle of dry firewood did not come here by themselves, but someone deliberately drove it to the capital, at least the "Invalids Association" was very suspicious.

"It's a conspiracy." Zhang Taiyan sighed.

"I hope the situation won't get worse and the country won't be chaotic." Xiong Chengji also sighed.

Since it is impossible for Beijing to send a car to pick them up into Beijing, they can only choose whether to enter Beijing on foot or stay overnight in Changxindian.

After careful analysis, Xiong Chengji and Zhang Taiyan both thought that it was the best choice for the concubine to enter Beijing, because it was very risky to stay in Changxindian, and no one knew how many trains full of veterans full of petitions would arrive, so the best way was to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, in any case, go to Beijing first, and it seems that the Ministry of Internal Affairs intends to use Changxindian as a small evacuation point to intercept the train coming from the south.

Entering the city on foot, the opponent Xiong Chengjiyi; It is not difficult for revolutionaries who are born. But to the thousands of chapters of Taiyan public publications. It was indeed difficult to walk that long distance, so their final choice of transportation was a mule cart.

In the northern countryside, the most convenient means of transportation for the villagers is the mule cart, and the foot money is also fair, before it gets dark, Xiong Chengji's attachés hired a few mule carts, and after having dinner in Changxindian, they got on the mule cart and told the coachman to go straight to Beijing.

"I'm afraid that I have to be sharpened on the road."

Looking at the time, Zhang Taiyan did not have any hope for arriving in Beijing today, compared to the car, the speed of the mule car is too slow, it is indeed not suitable for modern transportation, and now the economic crisis, the public security is not as good as in previous years, driving at night does have to take risks, even the driver who drove the car also carried a few shotguns with him, for self-defense.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, everyone officially hit the road. Seeing that there were teams marching towards Beijing everywhere along the way, most of the veterans and their families really entered Beijing on foot, and although their mental state was not good, there were still many veterans singing military songs when they were advancing, which made Xiong Chengji somewhat sad.

"The people's livelihood is difficult, I don't know when the world will be in harmony." Xiong Chengji sighed.

Zhang Taiyan also felt a little and said: "In the final analysis, it is our country that is too far behind the great powers in modern times, although it has been catching up in the past few years, and the distance between it and the great powers has been much closer. But there's still a long way to go. It's not an easy way to catch up. But then again, the great powers are not having a good time now, some time ago. I read in the newspapers that the unemployment rate in the United States was frighteningly high after the economic crisis, and many people who speculated in stocks went bankrupt and had no choice but to jump from the skyscrapers of the stock exchange

"But the Soviets didn't hear that kind of news. When to go to the Soviet side. Xiong Chengji said.

"Hah! Ajine, you have not been in the country for many years, it is certainly not clear. The truth on the side of Soviet Russia, in recent years, the domestic newspapers have disclosed a lot, it is not that there is no crisis, but the crisis has been transferred to agriculture, and the reindustrialization of Soviet Russia is actually playing the trick of eating agriculture to supplement industry. Someone in the country can see it.

In the past, we supported Soviet Russia to carry out industrial plans, and now, the Americans are also supporting Soviet Russia to engage in industrialization, and with these two countries waiting, Soviet Russia's current industrial development is very fast, but the peasants' life is very hard

"The United States supported Soviet Russia for the sake of American interests, but in fact, it seems to be aimed at China."

One of Zhang Taiyan's students interjected, and his mouth was small, which was quite praised by Zhang Taiyan.

"Not bad. This is also where the national interests of the United States lie; the United States does not want Britain to dominate the world, and likewise, it does not want Asia to be dominated by China; this is the so-called "global strategy" of the great powers advocated in the newspapers, and whoever wins this strategy will be able to dominate the world. If the United States supports Soviet Russia, it can contain China, and this reason is not too complicated, just like Britain supported Japan in the past. ”

Zhang Taiyan analyzed, looked up at Xiong Chengji, and found that he was looking at the field outside the car.

"What do you want?" Zhang Taiyan asked. Xiong Chengji came back to his senses and said, "I'm wondering, if I see Zhao Zhenhua, will I get straight to the point?" ”

"You mean these people?"

Zhang Taiyan pointed out of the car, he was very wise, Xiong Chengji was talking about the veterans who were walking into Beijing.

"Exactly. It is no accident that these veterans can gather near Kifu in such a short time, and a Invalides Association has no such energy, and it can only be the most powerful person who leads all this, looking at the whole country, there are really not many people with such power now, Li Songqing does not need to do this, this is demolishing his own platform, and there is no need for the National League to do this, because this is not conducive to the stability of the domestic situation and will affect the interests of the rich

"It's good that you can see that. But I want to remind you, you still can't be too impulsive in doing things, I have been with Zhao Beidou for so many years, and the reason why I can live until now is not only because I am an unarmed literati, but also because I do things in a measured manner, what can be said, what can be done, all of them are not completely forced to the other party to jump over the wall as the bottom line, others say that I am "Mi Heng of the Republic of China" dare to beat the drum and scold Cao, but this is not right, I can't compare to Mi Heng, Mi Heng is to scold the ruler in the imperial era, and I am to scold the ruler in the republican era, After all, in the republican era, a piece of law is always needed, and in the imperial era, those in power can eliminate political opponents with a single word, and even tamper with history books

Zhang Taiyan's words are very helpless, others can understand, indeed, for a literati, the only weapon in his hand is the bald pen, and this bald pen has limited energy after all, in the face of power, this is the helpless reality.

Xiong Chengji didn't continue to say this, he just looked at the teams that were silently advancing on the road, no one knew what he was thinking now, and maybe even he didn't know what he was thinking.

The road is still so long, although I don't know when I will reach my destination, Xiong Chengji will still go on firmly.

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