Chapter 30 (4) Citizens' Assembly

Hu Shuan is thin, Boss Mi is fat, the two stand together, contrasting with each other, Hu Shuan saw that Boss Mi's face was nervous, and said in his ear: "Don't be afraid, don't you have an outline?" It's in your pocket. ”

"Yes," Boss Mi remembered, hurriedly took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and read it aloud: "We business representatives unanimously support the ...... of the citizens' association."

Under the stage, the laughter is getting louder and louder, the fat old rice is like a primary school student, standing on the stage and reading his homework mechanically, without the bearing of "speaking" at all, the paper in his pocket was originally for memorization, but the tension and chaos of the venue made him reluctant to go on stage, and he was reluctantly pulled onto the stage.

Hu was on the stage, but he didn't smile, standing behind Fat Lao Mi, he suddenly found that Lu Daya on the side of the stage was glaring at him and waving his hand, knowing that he let him hurry up to save the scene, nodded and smiled, stepped forward and patted Lao Mi's shoulder.

Boss Mi was halfway through the reading, and when he saw Hu Shuan patting him, he turned his head and said, "I haven't finished reading." ”

"Don't read it," Hu Xuan said with a smile: "Look at the audience." ”

Offstage, the black crowd was like watching cross talk, watching Boss Mi laugh, Lao Mi felt even more empty, wiped the sweat on his head, at this time, someone in the audience shouted at him: "Hey, why don't you read it, you just said that the provincial government is the savior of the Shang world, may I ask, how did he save you?" ”

"Why isn't it a savior?" The following question, Boss Mi was inspired, "We don't rely on the government to do business, can that work?" How could our grain and rice trading houses make a fortune if they didn't rely on the government to give quotas and passes? ”

"You're rich, but what about others?" A man with a loud voice said angrily: "The surname is Mi, you rely on your brother-in-law in the official mansion, receive extra money, pass unimpeded, squeeze your peers, and hoard Juqi." You are rich by cleaning up the things that harm people in the pit, but the grain merchants of the whole province. It has been suppressed by the government for a long time, and it is not allowed to buy and sell, and even the grain and rice have been confiscated, and they have been forcibly plundered, and they have gone bankrupt one by one. If you open your eyes and see how many businesses have gone bankrupt and closed down in the past year, the common people have not been able to buy or eat food, and how many people have starved and died of hunger, of course, you support the citizens' association, because you have the support of your brother-in-law, and you can make a fortune by harming others. ”

Mi Fat was scolded for being a bloody squirt, he was not an eloquent person. opened his mouth for a while, and suddenly heard Hu Xuan whisper behind his ear: "They are jealous that you have a brother-in-law." ”

"Yes, you have to have the ability, and you also have a brother-in-law." Boss Mi threw himself into the audience.

"Hahaha," laughed again.

Hua Senjun walked up to the stage angrily, grabbed Boss Mi and walked off the stage, "You go down for me." Forcefully dragged Boss Mi down again.

On the stage, Hu Xuan was the only one left, and he looked around. Seeing that Lu Daya and the others were looking at him, he bowed half to the audience and said, "All colleagues, I represent the Civic Association." Say a few words. ”

A Ning was also standing in the crowd at this time, she knew that Hu Xuan's task was to make trouble for the Citizens' Association, but at this time, the sidelines were obviously full of Lu Daya's people, if Hu Xuan's grasp was not good, it would be very dangerous if there was a leak, and she couldn't help but worry secretly. The cover next to him saw A-Ning's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we have already arranged it." ”

Hu Xuan said slowly on the stage: "In my opinion, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, our citizens' union represents the people, and your trade union and peasant association also says that it represents the people, which one represents the people?" Just like the real and fake Monkey King, which one is real and which one is fake? We can't sell melons and boast about ourselves, we have to let the people speak and let everyone judge. In my opinion, we are still the citizens' union, and the people who support it account for a larger proportion. ”

"Why?" "Nonsense." Someone shouted down there.

Hu Xuan was not in a hurry, and continued to say slowly: "Our citizens' association is all talented and virtuous people, and if there are 10,000 people who are here today, there are 8,000 people who support our citizens' association, and they are all our supporters......

"Are you dreaming," cried a gruff voice, "who are your supporters, and who are your supporters?" This is not just empty words, let everyone talk about who supports the citizens' union, raise their hands. Let me see. ”

On the field, there was silence for a while, but no one raised their hands. The gruff voice said, "Whoever is against the Citizens' Council, please raise your hand." ”

At the venue, thousands of hands were raised at once, this formation surprised Lu Daya and others on the sidelines, seeing that almost all the people in the audience raised their hands, Lu Daya's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates: "Go and transfer troops to surround the venue and let the broadsword team come over." ”

The rough voice said to Hu Xuan, "Have you seen it?" Who supports the Citizens' Union and who doesn't? Hu Xuan didn't say a word, pretended to be angry, turned around and walked off the stage.

"I'll say two words." A short, stocky, businessman-like man walked quickly onto the stage.

"Wait a minute," from the other side of the stage, a person also walked up, this person was tall and slender, with a pair of gold teeth in his mouth, and a fashionable parted head, and said to Humpty Dumpty, who had just come on stage: "Brother Chu, you have sold the shop, you are no longer the boss, and you can't speak on behalf of the Shang world." ”

The Humpty Dumpty man surnamed Chu said: "Boss Jin, please don't be confused, today's meeting of 10,000 people, citizens can participate and speak, I am not the boss, so I can't speak?" Besides, aren't you citizens representing the people? Now, as an ordinary citizen, I would like to ask you, you have even been disqualified from speaking to the people, how can you convince the people? ”

The slender and tall gold boss shook his head, "Don't force your words, of course I can't control what you say, but you don't want to use your own store to close down, vent your personal anger, disrupt the party's crooked reasoning, induce goodness, don't take your own experience, generalize, and lead people astray." He shook his head when he spoke, but he was sharp in his words and had a great talent for arguing. The two of them faced each other on the stage, attracting everyone in the audience, with a burst of cheers and applause.

Humpty Dumpty Boss Chu was not in a hurry, "Brother Jin, then you say it first." ”

Boss Jin shook his slender head, turned around and hugged his fists to the audience, "Everyone, Jin is polite." Originally, I didn't want to go on stage today, but when I saw that many people were misled and their words were biased, I couldn't help but feel impulsive in my heart, and I dared to go on stage and distinguish a few words. He spoke elegantly but verbosely, and someone in the audience shouted: "If you have something to say, say it quickly." Don't play with the fake. ”

Boss Jin pinched his shining gold teeth, continued to shake his head and said, "Okay, I'm not right, please Haihan." Since ancient times, we have regarded ourselves as a country of etiquette, and we must put etiquette first, which is the duty of a gentleman, and etiquette, righteousness, benevolence and faith. Respecting God, filial piety to parents, and abiding by the rules are all things that are within my equal reach. Throughout today, since Zhang Dujun's entry into Hunan Province, the people are healthy, the people are happy, the bandits are not disturbed, and foreign invasion is not entered, which is the image of a peaceful and prosperous world. A once-in-a-century blessing. However, a few ignorant villains, with their own selfishness, disturb the public's public opinion, have no academic but arrogant, and discuss national politics indiscriminately. Do you still want the order of dignity and humility? Do you still need ethics and morality? These are originally our roots, there are words in ancient times, there are no rules, there is no circle, the words of the provincial government. As the people, we should obey unconditionally, and the magistrate is the parent official, if everyone does not listen together. How is that different from a rebellious thief? Since the establishment of the trade unions and peasant associations, they have always confronted the provincial government, caused unprovoked troubles, disrupted the general routine, and made the people's customs gradually stubborn. It should have been banned a long time ago, everyone should return to orthodoxy, talk about ethics, follow the rules, have respect and humility, and only then can they be on the right path, and everyone should follow the right path in order to enjoy peace and welcome the prosperous world together. ”

"Fart," "Nonsense," "Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back." Below the stage, there was a chaotic shouting, and he couldn't tell the number, and the Humpty Dumpty man standing on the stage pressed his hand down, signaling everyone to be quiet, and when the chaotic shouting stopped, he turned to Boss Jin and said coldly: "Brother Jin, let me ask you something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"As you said just now, ethics is our foundation, so killing parents, kidnapping people's wives and daughters, and taking people's money is not ethical?"

"You're using your own views to cover up the whole picture......"

"I'm afraid not, right? Boss Jin, if you are not blind, you should know that since the beginning of the year, there has been no war in the area of Yueyang, Changsha, and the army of the provincial government has repeatedly robbed the people, I remember, your hometown is in the old tree village in Yueyang, in the autumn, the Seventh Division said that it was a drill, and as a result, there were more than 200 households in the village, more than 70 households were robbed, more than 10 families were robbed, and several people were killed. This happened in your hometown, you are still standing here and speaking for the official family without shame, saying what about the general morality, let everyone follow it unconditionally, you also grew up in the village since you were a child, you go and talk to those who were robbed, beaten, and killed Sang Zi's fathers and elders, and see how they tell you about the general ethics. ”

"You...... You are making remarks about the party, and you are unbelievable. ”

Humpty Dumpty ignored him, turned to the audience and continued: "Since the beginning of this year, inside and outside the city, everyone has seen that business is withering, hunger is everywhere, where is the peaceful and prosperous world where Jin said that the people are healthy and the people are happy? Small businesses like me, closed down and bankrupt seven or eight out of ten, ordinary people, from time to time by the chaos of looting, more than 40 households in our alley, since the autumn has been robbed twice, Liu Boss was originally a rich family, but there is no evidence but was falsely accused of profiteers and arrested, Liu Boss is still in prison, the rest of the dozen or so families have been confiscated countless property, trapped in food and clothing, may I ask what law these people have violated? The bandits surnamed Jin are advertised as not disturbing, and they cannot invade from outside, so let's see, how is this better than bandits? ”

"More than bandits," shouted an angry voice from the audience, "if the bandits come, they will come and go, and we will always be oppressed by the bandits." Boss Chu, isn't your own business also bankrupt like this? ”

"I won't say it myself," Boss Chu nodded to the audience, "Save some people from saying that I generalize." Boss Jin just said, let's talk about ethics, talk about morality, yes, we should really say, who doesn't look forward to building a real peaceful and prosperous world? Live a stable and well-fed life? But in this situation, can we do it? They indiscriminately arrested us, killed us, robbed us of our property, bullied our wives and daughters, and made us obey unconditionally, saying that if we disagree, we are not following the rules, fathers and brothers, if we don't save ourselves, can we still live? The trade unions, peasant unions, and student unions are our hope to save lives......"

Lu Daya and the others on the corner of the stage, listening to the words of this Boss Chu, gritted their teeth with hatred, Lu Daya stared at the eagle-like eyes, turned his head and said: "Quick, let the troops quickly surround the venue, this kind of chaotic party, it is better to kill all the people present than let it go." Fast. ”

The two men hurried out the door.

Outside the gate of the auditorium of the Education Hall, at this time it was also crowded and crowded with people, the square, the road, there were people everywhere, although they could not hear the speech in the hall venue, but everyone stood in the cold wind, they refused to go, they talked about it in twos and threes, and from time to time there were people who came out of the venue, telling everyone about the situation inside, whenever someone came out, they would immediately be surrounded by water, and there was a sound of inquiry.

Shi Suo and Dafeng were both outside the hall, the two of them closely monitored the situation inside and outside the hall, and sent people to secretly track the whereabouts of Lu Daya's spies at any time.

The two little spies looked nervous and went into the distance, and Dafeng said, "They must have done nothing good." Shi Suo snorted with his nose, "It wouldn't have done anything good." ”

After a while, the little ghost ran from a distance, "Here, here, the horse team is coming, it's Zhang Jingyao's big knife team." ”

Sure enough, the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance.

"Everyone, prepare." Stone Lock gave orders to the team members who were mixed in with the crowd.

Zhang Jingyao's broadsword team has always been the "personal soldier" of the Overseer's Mansion, regarded as a confidant of the guard, usually arrogant and lascivious, even the soldiers of other troops were bullied, and received Lu Daya's order to suppress a few ordinary people, the soldiers did not take it seriously at all, and immediately carried a big knife, took a horse pistol, a whole company, more than 100 war horses, and ran to the auditorium of the Education Department.

Before he walked to the front, he saw the square in front of the auditorium from a distance, crowded and bustling, and the company commander gave an order, and the speed of the war horse did not decrease, and rushed forward. The sound of scattered horses' hooves pounding on the pavement was a thump.

According to the previous experience, people must have scattered and fled when they saw the war horses of the broadsword team rushing over, and at that time they just chased and arrested, and the soldiers had long been happy with this, but today it seems to be a little different, and those people outside the auditorium began to look a little panicked when they saw the broadsword team rushing over, some ran into the distance, but most of them quickly stabilized, and gradually shrank together, retreating towards the door of the auditorium. In the crowd, someone shouted: "Don't panic, everyone, unite, don't be afraid of them." (To be continued.) )