When Rong Yuanhong took the attaché boat to the Congress. It was half past seven o'clock, and it was completely dark, but the houses of Parliament were still brightly lit, most of the members of Congress were in the House, and only a few members of parliament who lived outside the city were unable to attend the meeting because of traffic barriers, but the number of members still reached a quorum, and the resolutions passed were legally enforceable.

It is precisely because of this that Li Yuanhong must stop Yang Du's actions before the Senate and House of Representatives pass the resolution, but fortunately, he is well-informed and acts quickly, and when he arrived at the Congress, Yang Du was still speaking, and the bill had not yet been voted on, and it seemed that things had taken a turn for the better.

Just when Li Yuanhong's feet stepped on the white marble steps in front of the Capitol, another convoy arrived at the Capitol, and the person who came was the political premier Tang Shaoyi, and he came with the heads of various government ministries, since the end of the government, Li Yuanhong has always wanted to change the term "cabinet" with strong political traces, and finally completed this task last year, and now the cabinet has been abolished, replaced by a government affairs yuan, led by Tang Shaoyi.

Seeing Tang Shaoyi coming, Li Yuanhong turned around and walked a few steps to meet him.

Tang Shaoyi was not surprised that Li Yuanhong would appear in front of the Capitol, and stepped forward and said: "Just now I rushed to the presidential palace with the heads of various ministries, and I heard that the president had arrived at the Congress, so I hurriedly chased after him. At present, the situation is complicated, President Wanwang is cautious in his words, and it is better to figure out what Yang Du's speech is first, so as not to fall into the teachings of others. ”

"So as not to fall into the trap of others? What do you mean by that? Is this a conspiracy? ”

As soon as he heard Tang Shaoyi's reminders, Li Yuanhong immediately froze, so he hurriedly asked.

"The current situation is unknown, I am just a rainy day, as for whether it is a conspiracy, it is difficult to say now, but please remember that the most important thing now is not Yang Du's bill, but to appease those veterans who petitioned. That's all I have to say, and the rest is up to the president. ”

Tang Shaoyi's words seemed to be playing meditation, Li Yuanhong was still a little confused, but he also knew that time was pressing, so he walked side by side with Tang Shaoyi to the Capitol and rushed to the conference hall.

"The President has arrived!"

Before Li Yuanhong walked into the conference hall, Rao Hanxiang, who was leading the way, took a few steps, stopped at the entrance, and shouted loudly.

At this time, Yang Du was still standing on the rostrum, still making a speech, Rao Hanxiang shouted like this, which was tantamount to interrupting his speech, and it was quite impolite, which made Yang Du very annoyed, if it wasn't for the Senate President Tang Hualong who was standing on the side and grabbed him, I'm afraid Yang Du would have jumped off the rostrum to reason with Rao Hanxiang.

The parliamentarians were very surprised that the president would come, and for a moment they exchanged ears and speculated about Li Yuanhong's intentions.

Li Yuanhong was also not polite, seeing that Tang Hualong persuaded Yang Du, he also stepped onto the rostrum and said a few words to Yang Du first.

"Tetsuko, now that Xiangki is in chaos, at this time, don't make trouble, if the country is in chaos, what can you do?"

This was said politely, which made Yang Du tilt his nose angrily.

"President Lega, what do you mean by that? Do I want to mess with the country? You're a little too villainous! The law guarantees freedom of speech. I am also a senator of Congress, and I am speaking in Congress, which is a sacred right granted to me by law, and even the president is not qualified to cancel my right to speak! Those petitioning soldiers outside the city. They are not robbers, they are not villains, they go to the capital, just for the livelihood of themselves and their families, they want the president to see what they are suffering now, and they want the people to see what they are suffering now, as representatives of the people, the congressmen are certainly qualified to have the right to ask for the lives of these people! I am here to make a speech and ask the parliamentarians to pass a resolution prohibiting the government from using force to suppress these petitioners, which is for the good of the president and for the good of the country, because I understand that once the government picks up the butcher's knife, it will be difficult for the butcher's knife to let go of the small one, and those who are threatened by the butcher's knife will certainly not think that the butcher's knife represents the interests of the people! They will definitely rise up and fight back! Yang Du said these words not only to Li Yuanhong, but also to the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives in the audience, this is the plenary session of the Congress, everyone is Yang Du's audience, and Li Yuanhong is also his audience.

Perhaps seeing that the smell of gunpowder between the two was getting stronger, Senate Speaker Tang Hualong hurriedly stood up to be a peacemaker.

"What Senator Yang said just now may not be unreasonable. However, there is also a point in what the President said, and that the only way to overcome this is if we work together to overcome the current crisis, and that is why I think it is necessary for the Diet to discuss how to deal with the current situation. Just now, Congressman Yang has formally submitted the bill to the National Assembly for deliberation, and this has entered the legal process, and even if the President disagrees with Congressman Yang's opinion, he can only wait for the National Assembly to complete the debate. ”

Seeing Tang Hualong's calm expression, Li Yuanhong hurriedly said: "Declaring martial law, this is a power given to the president by law, how can the Congress cancel this power casually?" Besides, Speaker Tong, what's the point of you talking all this nonsense now? Just now, the Ministry of the Interior called and said that those petitioning soldiers had already walked to Zhengyangmen and were now moving towards the Congress, and when you finished your slow debate, I was afraid that the Capitol building had been demolished by them. ”

"Huh?"

Tang Hualong was shocked, then panicked, under the six gods without a master, he had to announce that he would immediately initiate a vote, and now the situation is urgent, and the matter is in power, so there will be no separate vote between the Senate and the House of Representatives, and the vote will be held at this plenary meeting, but before the vote, Li Yuanhong must still speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why I am here today is Congress. It is to tell you the most clear and simple truth. If everyone wants to make trouble and demonstrates, then where is the law and order? I can understand and sympathize with the hardships of these petitioning veterans, but who is not in distress in this day and age? Many of you are also feeling the same about this economic crisis, and in the crisis, there are very few people who have benefited. No! Even if the original Biyu government made a decision, you were only using the power granted by the law to fight the Congress, not taking to the streets to make trouble.

So why are those veterans making a fuss? Do they think they are the only ones who are suffering? I believe that it is necessary to study this matter deeply and present the truth in front of the eyes of the Chinese people. But before that, I decided to exercise the powers given to me by law to maintain the basic order of the country. The Constitution gives the President powers, and this power includes the content of maintaining normal social order and laws, including the power to issue martial law orders. I say these words, which does not mean that I will definitely use force to quell the riots, but I will never give up this power! Once the matter is critical, for the sake of the lives of all of you here and for the sake of the normal order of the country, we have no choice but to issue a martial law order! ”

Li Yuanhong actually did not want to issue a martial law order, but on the way to the Congress, Rao Hanxiang reminded him that if he offended the veterans, it would certainly hinder his career and be detrimental to the next presidential election, but if he offended the members of the Congress, then he might be impeached by the Congress immediately, and this threat was imminent. It's really about looking at public opinion, public opinion in Congress.

As soon as Li Yuanhong finished speaking, the parliamentarians below were discussing, some were against it, some were in favor, and just when Tang Hualong was about to initiate a vote, he saw a few people suddenly rushing in at the entrance of the conference hall, and then, Vice President Zhang Han also followed, looking quite embarrassed.

"What happened?"

Li Yuanhong was startled and hurriedly asked, before leaving the presidential palace, he had temporarily entrusted the affairs of the presidential palace to Zhang Han to deal with, but now, Zhang Han suddenly ran to the parliament and was embarrassed, which can only show that there was an emergency.

Zhang Sai sighed: "The presidential palace has been surrounded by petitioning soldiers, and since the president has not issued a clear order, the guards do not dare to use force to suppress me, so I can only leave." When I left in the car, the car was blocked, so I had to flee and hide here to catch my breath. ”

Li Yuanhong was shocked, but fortunately, Rao Hanxiang was calm, walked to Tang Hualong's side, and urged him to initiate a vote as soon as possible. Which side has more people, and then decide whether the parliament will pass the bill submitted by Yang Du prohibiting the government from using force to suppress the petitioning soldiers.

The parliamentarians left their seats in a panic, each choosing their own side, and it took only a few minutes to complete this very special vote.

In the end, only one-fifth of the members of the parliament supported Yang Du's proposal, and most of the remaining members stood to the right of the speaker, and only a few members chose their positions.

Yang Du looked up to the sky and sighed, blaming Zhang Han for not arriving at the right time, and even complained about why he was not detained on the spot by the petitioning soldiers, but then again, Yang Du was not very surprised by this result, because Zhao Bei told him at that time that most congressmen would not sit on the side of the petitioning soldiers.

As for Li Yuanhong, although he was relieved, he was still in a relaxed mood, although the parliamentarians chose to support the president's proposition, believing that force could be used to suppress it if necessary, but the problem was that it was Li Yuanhong who finally made the decision to suppress it, and once the force crackdown began, then as Yang Du warned, the crisis would not necessarily end immediately, but could become more intense, and eventually lead to a larger-scale confrontation, after all, the target of this crackdown is not farmers and workers, but veterans, And most of them have combat experience, and they know how to do street fighting.

Regardless of whether the repression can achieve the goal of ending the crisis, but this consequence can only be borne by Li Yuanhong, he is the president, he has great power, but he also has a great responsibility, and now there is no tall man to hold up the sky for him, if the sky falls, he will be the first to be stoned to death.

"Now that the results of the congressional vote are clear, the congress believes that the powers conferred on the president by the constitution cannot be taken away, and the president can choose the right time to make the right decision, which is also the choice of the majority."

When Tang Hualong made a very formal report to the president on the results of the congressional vote, Li Yuanhong's mood became even heavier; under this heavy mood, he grabbed the telephone brought by the attaché with great difficulty, shook the switchboard, and issued a presidential order to the Ministry of National Defense in a heavy tone.

"I'm President Li Yuanhong, right now. I formally issue the following order to the Ministry of National Defense: Starting at half past eight tonight, the capital will enter a state of martial law, and the Ministry of Defense will immediately form a martial law command, mobilize garrison troops into the capital, deploy troops at various intersections, control traffic, and no one will be allowed to enter the capital without a martial law command pass, and no non-military vehicles will be allowed to enter the capital! All officers and soldiers on duty must be fully armed, and all armored units in the Gyeonggi area must be brought to a state of first-class combat readiness, and the order arrives, and immediately assemble at the highest speed to the capital! At the same time, the air force units stationed in Namwon were also put on alert, and after dawn, reconnaissance planes loaded with leaflets took to the air and distributed leaflets to the gathering places of petitioners in the Gyeonggi area, warning them to disband quickly and leave the Gyeonggi area as soon as possible, and the government would provide them with the necessary means of transportation and the necessary travel expenses. ”

Pressing down the microphone, Li Yuanhong only felt weak, this was caused by excessive nervousness, to be honest, it was the first time he had given such an order, and it was also the first time to face such a tricky situation.

Li Yuanhong looked at Tang Shaoyi, who was standing under the rostrum, and found that the prime minister was frowning, but he didn't know whether he agreed with his decision.

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