Chapter 37: Rebels
“…… The actions of the youth are a punishment that represents absolute justice - social sanctions
When society is in the dark, any responsible citizen should take direct action, without recourse to the law and without relying on representatives, who are the talisman of power and parliamentarians who are deceitful politicians who cannot represent public opinion...... Beating a few people and holding a rally to denounce them will have no effect at all, and this kind of spiritual fire should be burned throughout the country and the whole world...... What young citizens do is undoubtedly the way of heaven, the embodiment of public opinion, the manifestation of civil rights, and the pursuit of heavenly criticism by young citizens is a rare grand event since the Tai student incident in the Song Dynasty. Far from being punished, such patriotic citizens should be commended"
"Minli Bao" -- Patriotic and not guilty
"Your Majesty, not to mention that they burned down government officials, even if they beat and injured people, they are committing crimes, and they are violating the bottom line of the law."
In the Purple Mountain Royal Palace, several law scholars looked at His Majesty in front of them and said seriously.
"Even if those government officials commit heinous crimes, they cannot be violated or violently punished when they are not convicted, and the so-called social sanctions are just the words of rioters, and this remark is undoubtedly a disaster for the country and the people."
Sitting in front of His Majesty, Wu Chaoshu still insisted on his attitude, although he was very young, but because his father was Wu Tingfang, so after returning from studying abroad, he entered the palace and served as the legal adviser of His Majesty's office.
"Your Majesty, at this time, we must adhere to the bottom line of the rule of law, if we do not adhere to the bottom line of the rule of law, then in the future, the country's losses will be even greater, and it will even lead to great changes in the national situation."
Although it is not clear what will happen in the future, Wu Chaoshu can still realize that if the car of "social sanctions" is not stopped, then unscrupulous means on the grounds of the right goal will only bring disaster to China.
Chen Moran was only silent when Wu Chaoshu made his suggestion, of course he knew what this kind of behavior meant, what would be brought to the country by unscrupulous means with the so-called righteous goal, he knew better than anyone else, sometimes, history is a mirror
If the Committee for the Introduction of Fire Technology is affirmed, it is tantamount to agreeing that in the name of the so-called "good" for the country and the people, the rights and dignity of individuals can be deprived and trampled on, and even violence can be used. In the coming decades, then, the arbitrary abuse of prisoners, the use of the death penalty, and the universal trial will lead to the loss of human dignity, which is the last bond of human existence, and once destroyed, people's pursuit of ideals and civilization will be worthless.
In this process, the general policy of the "Burning Technical Committee" opened the history of China depriving individuals of their rights in the name of "patriotism", committing violence in the name of "the people" and "justice", depriving others of their rights in the name of having the right goals, and even trampling on individual lives and freedoms.
When he first instructed the Constitutional Council to formulate the constitution, although he was so eager to use the majority of justice to seize the power of the individual, on the other hand, what he feared most and wanted to avoid most was to deprive individuals of their rights in the name of the group, the majority, and justice.
And now, aren't those patriotic youths depriving individuals of their rights in the name of the so-called collective, majority, and justice? What could be more terrible than thinking oneself righteous?
Silent, Chen Moran walked to the window, looked at the rain falling again outside the window, and thought of the call from the War Department, they were under pressure from the caretaker cabinet, and the caretaker cabinet asked the army to arrest those involved in the case who held the rank of reserve officer corps. …,
Ay...... After a long sigh, Chen Moran looked at the rain outside the window, for the sake of future stability, perhaps, it can only be like this, the respect for the law must be maintained, and the final bottom line of society must be guarded.
"What an eventful time"
With that, he turned and walked towards his desk, then picked up the phone.
Outside the window, the rain is falling, compared to the previous boiling of Nanjing, at this time Nanjing is a rainy color, the streets and alleys, you can see cars speeding on the streets everywhere, armed military police in the streets to maintain order, just two hours ago, as the caretaker of the cabinet of prime ministers, Yuan Shikai, issued a martial law order in the capital.
This resolution even bypassed His Majesty, but was authorized by the Imperial Emergency Law of the People's Republic of China, signed by the Prime Minister and signed by the Minister of Justice, and was implemented after the martial law required that all demonstrations must end immediately, otherwise they would be arrested.
As soon as martial law was issued, the police, who had been very polite to the demonstrators, immediately showed the side of the state violence apparatus, armed with batons and shields, and the police were responsible for dispersing the demonstrators.
For the police, they may not be able to obey as strictly as soldiers, but for the police, they have a creed, "the police protect each other", from the day those "hot-blooded youths" beat more than a dozen policemen to serious injuries and carried them to the hospital, everything has changed, in their view, the demonstration has become a violent incident, and they must restore order in Nanjing.
Nanjing Imperial University, the students on the campus looked at each other with a hint of dazedness, and of course, with a hint of anger.
"Students, the Yuan cabinet has resigned, and now its promulgation of martial law has violated the provisions of the Constitution, and processions and demonstrations are natural human rights, and these cabinets have unconstitutionally issued martial law......
Standing on the flower bed on the campus, Kuang Wuxun shouted loudly, his white shirt still had a trace of blood, I don't know if it was his blood, or the blood of the public officials he beaten, his speech was interrupted from time to time, and thousands of passionate students in the audience followed his words, protesting loudly against the government's unconstitutionality.
In the crowd, several young men in white shirts, also wearing white shirts, squeezed towards the front of the stage, and in the crowd below, there were dozens of people like this, and if anyone noticed them, they would find that they were obviously different from the young people around them, their short shaved military hair, and their eyes were resolute.
One of the young men looked at the people on the stage and asked softly.
"Is that him?".
"That's Him"
Another person took a photo and said affirmatively.
After receiving the answer, the leading youth shouted.
"Hands-on"
In the next moment, when Kuang Wuxun was still giving a speech on the stage, the audience suddenly became chaotic, and nearly 100 people either rushed to the left and right or towards the stage.
The young man who rushed to the edge of the flower bed almost dragged Kuang Wuxun off the flower bed with a fierce hand, and before he could come back to his senses, he said loudly.
"Warrant Officer Kuang Wuxun, you have been arrested for your involvement in the burning of Imperial government offices"
As he spoke, the man who held him down took out the handcuffs from behind his waist and handcuffed him firmly.
"You're the police?"
Kuang Wuxun's eyes widened and he asked loudly.
At this time, there was already chaos around them, and those young students immediately shouted loudly when they saw someone coming to the school to arrest them.
"The police have arrested someone"
"The police beat someone"
"Can't let them arrest people"
"Why do they arrest people?"
"Stop Them"
Amid the shouting, thousands of students gathered around them.
"Why do you arrest people?"
"Release people, release people......"
When the surroundings were boiling, the person who took the lead smiled coldly, he looked at the excited young students, and just looked at them casually. …,
"Are you still soldiers?".
A favorable questioning only stunned the students who had surrounded these policemen, and only then did they come back to their senses, in addition to university students, they also had the identity of officers and students of the Royal Guard Reserve Officer Corps.
"Who are you? Why arrest people? ”
One student asked aloud.
"We are a brigade directly under the Gendarmerie Command of the Royal Guard, Major Squadron Leader Li Fusheng"
Li Fusheng, who was expressionless, replied coldly, and at the same time he showed his ID to the student in front of him.
His answer only stunned the people around him, and also made the smug look on the faces of Kuang Wuxun and the other people who were caught instantly disappear, the person who arrested them was a soldier, and he was also a military policeman
What does this mean?
"Why are people arrested, this is the Nanjing Garrison Military Prosecutor's application, the arrest warrant signed by the military court, just because they are suspected of burning government officials, just because their actions violated the military law of the Royal Guard"
A cold answer without a trace of emotion burst out from Li Fusheng's voice.
Faced with such an answer, everyone was stunned by his answer, Nanjing Imperial University is a liberal arts university, and among these students there are many law students, who know exactly what a military tribunal means, and they also know that the arrest warrant signed by the military tribunal.
The military prosecutor applies for an arrest warrant, and the military court issues an arrest warrant, which means that those arrested will be handed over to a military court for trial.
They may not know much about military law, but for soldiers, the burning of government offices is almost tantamount to rebellion, and if they are found guilty of this crime, then they ......
Just before the students came back to their senses, Li Fusheng said coldly.
"Take it all"
The students, who had intended to stop them, almost voluntarily gave way to it, and when they were trained at school, they were indoctrinated with the idea that military law could not be violated, let alone confront the gendarmes who represented it
And more importantly, at this time, the gendarmes in front of them are undoubtedly reminding them of their identity - soldiers, and if they confront the gendarmes who represent the enforcement of military law, it means that they will become ...... rebel soldiers.