Chapter 121

Chengdu, Yuefu Street.

At this time, the street was full of people, and at a glance, it was all black and oppressive heads. At the end of the street, on a temporary high platform, a man was holding a newspaper, and he was talking loudly and emotionally, and every time the man said something, the people below would involuntarily raise their hands and shout out their unwillingness.

When you get closer, you can see clearly that this man is Yu Peilun.

I could only hear him holding the newspaper and saying: "Look, the loan contract of the four countries has arrived, and the railway we have built with great difficulty has been taken back by them with a word." They don't want to pay back our money, and everyone says, can we agree to this? Those melon babies want to swallow our money alone, do you agree? "

"Disagree!"

"Disagree!"

The people on the street shouted loudly, the sound broke through the sky, the momentum was huge, and the alley was empty for a while, and the situation was extremely lively.

After more than a month of development, the "railway nationalization" policy at this time has been resolutely implemented, and the rest of the places are okay, but they have been suppressed by local officials. However, only in Sichuan, under the impetus of people with intentions and plans, the emotions of the masses of the people have been fully mobilized by them.

Even during this busy farming period, some peasants were encouraged by them to come out and demonstrate.

These peasants didn't want to pay for it at the beginning, but the government used all kinds of taxes to forcibly collect taxes from them, so that they could say that they used their money to build the railway, and they didn't want to pay it.

Although there is no shadow of the construction of the railway, their money has been misappropriated by various people in the railway bureau. But that's their money, too! Qing Zheng Axe said that the railways were nationalized, so they had to pay them back!

If you want to take back the right to the railway, but you don't pay them back, this reason definitely doesn't make sense!

That's why it's so easy for these peasants to be agitated when their interests are involved. In another place, seeing everyone being so encouraged by Yu Peilun, another group of people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's just to follow this trend, otherwise we will be asked to return the money, and we will return what we will give to everyone." This group of people was much better dressed than the peasants on the street, and they nodded unconsciously when they saw Yu Peilun so good at speaking.

This group of people, if you pay attention to them, will recognize them as some shareholders of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, as well as personnel from the advisory bureaus from all walks of life, and some of them can be regarded as some figures of the Sichuan constitutionalists.

They also did not agree with the nationalization of the railways at the moment, and according to the decision above, the nationalization of the railways would have to return the money of the shareholders. However, those money have long been embezzled and misappropriated by this group of people, and the embezzlement of corruption, how can it be possible for them to take it out again!

Therefore, this kind of protest in the empty alleys can be regarded as their acquiescence, and there will be such a big situation.

Otherwise, if such an illegal assembly is dispatched by the police and management is strengthened by all walks of life, will it still be possible to hold an assembly in Chengdu?

"Comrades, fellow villagers, we will never agree with the imperial court to take back our railway rights, so we will take back our railway rights. If the right to railways is gone, China will be gone, and if China is gone, everyone will be gone! Therefore, on behalf of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company, we are going to raise a road protection association and organize it to negotiate with the imperial court, and if you are willing, we will negotiate for you and get back the arrears for everyone. Only if we make enough noise, the court will pay us back! "

After some enthusiastic agitation speeches, Yu Peilun and others finally showed their true colors and established the Baolu Association, an organized and planned group, which was enough to have the strength to negotiate with the political axe.

As soon as this proposal was said by Yu Peilun, as soon as everyone heard it, they enthusiastically signed up, raised their hands to sign it, and within a few hours, the roster prepared by Yu Peilun and them was full of names.

Those present today are not only the vast number of peasants, but also people from all walks of life in Sichuan, with whom Yu Peilun had been in contact with before, and had already discussed the establishment of the Baolu Association. At this time, it was also pre-arranged for him.

Under the arranged situation, the Sichuan Baolu Association was established.

At this time, the Baolu Society, which was established, was regarded as a normal petition, and had not yet developed to the level of revolution.

"Comrades, we have collected so many signatures from fellow villagers today, and tomorrow, tomorrow we will go to the yamen to ask for help, and I am afraid that everyone will have to work hard again." At dinner, when Yu Peilun and the others were eating, the person in charge of the Sichuan-Han Railway Company expressed his gratitude to Yu Peilun and others.

If it weren't for the agitation ability of Yu Peilun's group, they would have lost their fortune this time just by paying compensation.

The nationalized railways, these businessmen, are under a lot of pressure, and if they don't continue to make trouble, they will not end well.

"It's okay, everyone is asking for hard-earned money for the villagers, don't work hard!" At first, of course, the Baolu Society was more pure, so in the early days of its formation, there were still really enthusiastic young people, and these people became more and more excited when they heard that they were going to negotiate.

Yu Peilun and the others looked at everyone's emotions so high, nodded secretly, and at the same time looked at the face of the person in charge of the leading Sichuan-Han Railway Company, and sneered in their hearts.

He is probably one of the few people who knows the filthy hearts of these merchants, but now they are using each other, helping them as much as they help.

"Brother Huo, I'm afraid I'm going to work hard for you in the next few days." After arranging various activities, Yu Peilun brought a bowl of wine and saluted Huo Yuanjia.

"It's okay, Pei Lun, Liqing said it, my task is to protect you, don't worry, Liqing said, the more you mess up this trip, the better, only in this way can it be possible to launch an uprising." Huo Yuanjia has been in Chengdu for a few days, and these days, he is secretly following Yu Peilun and others.

With Huo Yuanjia's assurance, Yu Peilun relieved a lot.

Yanjing, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

"Fool around, return the money, they want to be beautiful! No, pass it on to me, if you want to return the money, there is no door, only railway stocks, if you want it, don't forget it! "Naturally, the current Minister of Posts and Communications, the famous Sheng Xuanhuai, can be so angry.

When he saw the negotiation resolution of the Sichuan people handed over by his subordinates, he hadn't finished reading it, so he went out without saying a word.

As a businessman who has been immersed in silver in Chinese officialdom for a long time, how could he not know that the Sichuan Railway Bureau was greasy and asked him to use cash to fill the bottomless pit in Sichuan, how could he agree, in his opinion, he can give Sichuan people some stocks, that is because he has a conscience, otherwise, these Sichuan people will not get anything.

The people below saw Sheng Xuanhuai so angry, and they hurriedly retreated in fright.

In fact, if it weren't for Sheng Xuanhuai's excessively fierce movement at this juncture, the Qing court would have been able to support it for a long time.

However, as the Minister of Posts and Communications, Sheng Xuanhuai had to think about himself and the Qing Dynasty. The nationalization of the railways can be regarded as his sincere consideration for the Qing Dynasty, otherwise who will have nothing to do with the railway situation of Nuoda and China.

It's just that Sheng Xuanhuai couldn't have imagined that his decision would completely drag the Qing political axe into the abyss, and now his tough negotiations with the people of Sichuan will only be destined to intensify more and more serious contradictions.

Sure enough, after Sheng Xuanhuai's strong instructions, Zhao Erfeng, the governor of Sichuan, had to convey the news to the Baolu Association established by Yu Peilun and others.

As soon as the news was delivered, the Sichuan people were in an uproar, and then, under the instigation of the Baolu Association and the Alliance, almost the entire territory of Sichuan broke out in the Baolu demonstration.

Since June, Sichuan has attracted the attention of the whole country in the following series of road protection campaigns.

In the face of such an anxious situation, Sheng Xuanhuai not only did not guide and persuade him, but also asked Zhao Erfeng to take strict care of him and ordered Zhao Erfeng to catch the troublemakers. Zhao Erfeng was originally a good official, but he was mixed between the two sides, and he was really not a good person.

So under the condition that all parties did not compromise, the accumulated sharp contradictions finally broke out at a certain node.

One morning in August, in the Yichang-Wanxian section of the project, some railway workers were preparing to continue building the railway as usual. However, as soon as they reached the construction site, they found that many soldiers had occupied their site.

"You don't have to build a railway, this railway has now been taken over by the state!"

Before the workers approached with doubts, the soldier announced such a sudden decision!

Sheng Xuanhuai and the others finally had no patience to continue to make trouble with the Sichuan people, and finally chose the last tough means to forcibly take over the railway.

So, after the news came out, the land of Sichuan was in an uproar.

And when this news reached Guizhou for the first time and reached Chen Liqing's ears, he finally knew that this troubled world was coming.

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