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For Nanjing, the capital of China, student demonstrations, the city is no stranger, every few years, those students who "take the world as their responsibility" will always make a fuss, but if there are no student demonstrations in two or three years, it will make the people a little uncomfortable. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, workers' demonstrations are extremely rare for this city, and although workers' strikes are also inevitable in Nanjing, as the capital, workers' strikes are often confined to the vicinity of factories due to the need for law and order, and do not spread to urban areas, especially the city center.

This time, however, the citizens and police of Nanjing were surprised to see that a group of workers waving banners demanding the protection of labor rights appeared in the city, on Guangfu Avenue and towards the National Assembly Square.

"Workers have the right to form unions!"

"Defend the ...... of workers' rights"

Accompanied by the slogans of the workers, the policemen on the roadside seemed to be at a loss for what to do, and they were very comfortable with the student demonstrations, but this was the first time they had faced the workers' movement...... In fact, not only them, but for this country, this is not the first time!

The next day, when more than 100,000 students, workers, and citizens gathered in the Reichstag Square to petition the Diet, and tens of thousands of demonstrators also gathered outside the Prime Minister's Office at the rear of the Diet.

The organizers of the demonstrations, especially the radical members of the Constitutional Myoke Party, believed that now was the best opportunity for His Majesty to be far away in the northeast, and if they could use this opportunity to force the Cabinet or the National Assembly to make concessions, even after His Majesty returned to Beijing, then His Majesty would have to acquiesce to reality.

While people were putting pressure on the cabinet with demonstrations and petitions, Guan Mingtang, as prime minister, was holding an emergency meeting in the prime minister's office, and unlike in the past, this time there were more commanders of the capital garrison among the attendees.

“…… Bad, extremely dangerous agitation is brewing, and the workers' marches must be banned! ”

As the commander, he looked at the prime minister and put forward his proposal straightforwardly, and in his opinion, now, it has reached the most critical juncture.

"If we can't stop this in time, then how can the country slide into turmoil, and now ......"

Staring at the Prime Minister, the commander of the garrison from Devil's Island, his voice was slightly suppressed.

"It's the last minute!"

As the commander of the garrison, his only duty is to ensure the safety of the capital, and what he must ensure is that His Majesty can return to a calm capital, not a capital of rebellion.

Guan Mingtang did not respond to the request, but instead set his sights on the Minister of Labor.

"Are there strikes of workers elsewhere?"

Different from the thinking of the soldiers, Guan Mingtang considered how to maintain the stability of the country to the greatest extent, dispatch the army to maintain order, and implement temporary control in the capital, which may temporarily restore order in the capital, but this does not solve the problem, especially when the strike and parade spread across the country, it is more necessary to be cautious.

"Your Excellency, workers' strikes of different sizes have also broken out in Anhui, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Guangdong and other provinces, and according to the figures received, about two million workers across the country are involved, and there is a possibility of further spread......

As Minister of Labour, over the past few years, he has been warning the Cabinet that large-scale strikes and protests by workers are inevitable if labour relations and workers' relations with trade unions are not properly resolved.

If it had been three years ago, he would not have given this warning, but in the past three years, with the development of private enterprises, in order to maximize profits, the implementation of low wage levels has affected China's labor market, of course, even those state-owned enterprises are not responsible, state-owned enterprises have not implemented an eight-hour work week for many years, which may also lead to industrial disorders.

The strike protests, which are now spreading across the country, are just one of many years of eruption of national problems, triggered at an "opportune" time, by a vicious incident, which finally detonated all the problems that had been suppressed.

“…… In short, unless the Cabinet or the National Assembly make concessions and enact special legislation to protect workers' rights, it is likely that workers from state-owned enterprises will soon be involved, and by that time it is estimated that more than 20 million workers will take part in demonstrations across the country......"

The voice sank slightly, and he sighed bitterly.

"At that point, the workers will probably be inevitable!"

"Your Excellency, sign a temporary martial law!"

Again, he put forward his request, perhaps to strengthen Guan Mingtang's confidence, and he deliberately emphasized it.

"Now, the garrison's 50,000 troops are ready, as long as the order is given, they can march into the city, it only takes a few hours, I promise to end all this!"

"If there is resistance, how will the army deal with itself?"

In the face of the coercion of the soldiers, Guan Mingtang asked a rhetorical question in a cold voice, and then asked a series of questions like a cannon.

"What will the army do if they refuse to end the march? Slash with a saber or shoot! ”

Silent!

For these questions, he unexpectedly chose to be silent, as a soldier, he only knew the order, and if the order asked him to end it all within three hours, he would do whatever it took to complete it.

"Answer me!"

Guan Mingtang's cold drink got a two-pronged answer.

"Your Excellency, the duty of a soldier is to obey orders!"

Facing Guan Mingtang's gaze, he said in a voice that even seemed a little cold.

"The army can use all means if it needs to, and at no time will the army tolerate the betrayal of His Majesty by the subjects of the Empire!"

Treachery!

His words only made the temperature in this office drop by a few degrees, Guan Mingtang looked at it in surprise, looking at the scars left by the wolf claws on that face, but his heart was cold, these professional officers from Alcatraz Island never knew what mercy was, for them, only one order was enough.

"Royal Guards are not supposed to shoot at the people!"

"But it is the duty of the Guards to stop the rebellion that is taking place in the country!"

The question and answer seemed to indicate the disagreement between the army and the cabinet, and at this meeting, a terrible silence ensued in the minister's office.

"Wait ......"

Just when Guan Mingtang wanted to say, waiting for His Majesty to make a decision, the door was suddenly opened.

"Your Excellency, I have just received information that striking workers have set up a workers' picket in the Shimonoseki area! The pickets closed all the factories ......"

What the!

With a sudden opening of his eyes, Guan Mingtang only felt dizzy for a while, it's over, it's all over! At this moment, he understood that since this incident broke out, the most worrying thing had happened.

"Hurry ......"

With his hands propped up on the desk, Guan Mingtang, whose face was pale, commanded the secretary who had just entered the room.

"Immediately send someone to contact Liang Qichao and tell them that the workers' pickets must be disbanded, otherwise, otherwise they will ......"

Xiaguan Industrial Area, Xiaguan Industrial Area, to a certain extent, once served as a "Chinese demonstration factory" for a short period of time, because of its proximity to Ma'anshan, so most of its first batch of factories were private investment as supplementary factories or downstream factories of the industrial complex of Ma'anshan Industrial Company.

Before the uprising, the industrial company relied on the support of the downstream private capital, won the support of the local gentry class in Jiangsu, and the Xiaguan Industrial Zone also developed into one of the largest industrial zones in China, and in the following ten years, this leading industry to drive the development model of the downstream industry was promoted in the "special economic policy" period, by the political axe investment to establish large enterprises, private capital into the downstream investment less subsidiary industries, and finally formed a complete industrial chain, Although this model has been challenged in the past, its achievements are also obvious to all, and it is precisely because of this that even in the period when state-owned economic entities are most supported, downstream ancillary industries are also heavily subcontracted to private enterprises, so as to achieve a situation of "national progress".

In the past ten years, the roar of machines echoed in the Shimonoseki work area all day and night, but today, although the streets here are bustling and workers can be seen everywhere, the roar of machines cannot be heard, and there are also quite a few workers on the streets, with extremely blank expressions on their faces.

"All factories must be shut down!"

On the street, workers in overalls stand outside a factory gate, shouting to workers trying to enter the factory.

"The committee has passed the stoppage order, and we ask all workers to cooperate with the work of the committee......"

This committee referred to by the workers is the "National Strike Committee", an organization of radical parliamentarians and party members who are dissatisfied with the Constitutional Myoke Party, which has not yet taken a public stand, and since yesterday they have been taking to the streets, mobilizing the workers to strike, and at the same time organizing the workers to hold elections and form a national strike committee.

"Strike, why should we strike......"

When several workers were dissatisfied, they tried to push away the people who were blocking them and entered the factory, but outside the factory gate, a group of workers with steel pipes in their hands, wearing armbands that read "Pickets of Striking Workers".

The appearance of these tall pickets of workers armed with murder weapons immediately weakened the morale of those who tried to go to work, and it was not worth it to be beaten once for the sake of going to work.

"Workers, this strike is for the benefit of our big guys, and the committee will propose to Congress a four-hour workday and a doubling of wages......"

As soon as the workers' momentum weakened, they were immediately advertised about the benefits of participating in the strike, and although most of these benefits were "empty promises", they really attracted people's attention, and the same scene continued to be played out in the Shimonoseki district, and the workers, who had no intention of participating in the demonstration, began to march to the streets in an organized manner, along the Boulevard of Liberation, towards the inner city.

"Could this be a repeat of the riots in Russia?"

"It's not impossible!"

With the shouts of the workers, a conversation in English echoed on the side of the road, and two foreigners, one tall and one short, watched the march in front of them, expressing their opinions. , riots in Russia!

Both foreigners and Chinese are well aware of the fact that the riots in Russia were caused by a demonstration, and the workers were the main subjects of the riots, and now, in China, the workers are also taking to the streets, although what they are asking for is completely different from what their Russian counterparts demand, but it does not prevent others from guessing and doubting.

"The weather is good today, let's just go to the riverside for a walk!"

When he heard that there was a picket of workers in Xiaguan, Yang Du was stunned at first, and then said to Xia Shoutian.

I haven't been to the riverside in a few years! Presumably, the spring is strong and spring is in full swing right now, so you should go and see it. When Xia Shoutian thought of this, he suddenly became interested and said to Yang Du:

"Huizi, the wind is beautiful today, it's appropriate to go there for a walk!"

As Yang Du's old friend, he naturally knew that perhaps, his old friend began to make a decision in his heart.

Half an hour later, a car drove them to the river.

In the end, it is the suburbs, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and more importantly, away from the frenzy that is now beginning to appear in Nanjing, which is indeed much stronger than the little spring in the city. A large expanse of unnamed trees was replaced with new green, and all kinds of wild grass and small flowers were vigorous and full of life; In the reedy swamps, flocks of birds fly and undulate. The Creator sent the spring light back to the world on time, but the state of the world was terrible.

At this time, although the sun is shining, in the Shogunate Mountain Park, there are few tourists, and there are no kites and pigeons. As far as the eye can see, the surroundings are barren and lonely, which is obviously related to what is happening in Nanjing now, and now that this kind of thing has happened, who will have the leisure to travel here.

Originally, I came here to relax, but when I arrived here, my mood became even more depressed and dull. Walking to a small pavilion by the river, Yang Du stopped, stood in the pavilion, looked at the rolling river, and Yang Du, who had been suppressed for a long time, spoke.

"I'm going to write an article!"

Well?

Xia Shoutian was slightly stunned, write an article?

"I don't know what article Huizi wrote?"

But Yang Du didn't say anything, he just looked towards Jiangbei and said after a while.

"Calculate the time, now Your Majesty should be in Tianjin, Your Majesty...... What will Your Majesty do about this? ”

Without mentioning the article, Yang Du instead mentioned His Majesty, compared to the chaos in Nanjing, now he is more concerned about His Majesty, and how His Majesty will deal with this matter may be the most important.

"However, Your Majesty did not reply to the telegram yesterday!"

Frowning, Xia Shoutian's heart swelled with doubts, why didn't His Majesty call back yesterday? He was ......, "Your Majesty is waiting!" ”

“…… At present, after the establishment of a strike committee, the workers of Shimonoseki District are discussing the formation of workers' strike pickets, and now there are pickets armed with iron rods and other equipment, patrolling the streets and factories in the vicinity, ostensibly to maintain order, but in fact to prevent workers who do not want to participate in the strike from going to work. Strike notices were plastered all over the walls of the factory area, most of which were slogans such as "Wait for the notice of the committee to start work......"

Workers' strikes and pickets...... When he heard these words, Chen Moran's brows jumped slightly, on the surface, he seemed expressionless, but this would have already set off a storm in his heart.

He has made many concessions to protect the rights and interests of the workers, but now, as soon as the workers are instigated, they immediately make a riot, which is really ...... Perhaps, after the Wuxi incident, Chen Moran was also very angry, but in addition to the anger, he wanted to wait and see the development of the situation, sometimes, appropriate chaos is not a bad thing, at least it can expose a lot of problems that cannot be exposed normally, just like now, the strikes and demonstrations that occur in various parts of the country have clearly told him a fact - workers are unbearable to incite!

On the contrary, this reinforces the decision he made before, for the sake of the country, sometimes people always need to make some forced choices against their will.

If...... Thinking about that decision, Chen Moran was thinking about the neighbor in the north, if Nikolai could make a decision earlier, would the Russian Empire be destroyed?

No one knows the answer, but now, Chen Moran knows his answer, the reason why he agreed to Guan Mingtang's plan is to appease the workers and avoid the problem, and the reason why he wants some means is to expose the problem, the former is to avoid, and the latter is to intensify.

Blind appeasement can not solve all the problems, the dissatisfied people will still be dissatisfied, especially for some politicians, they are like a poisonous snake lurking in the case, ready to bite a fatal bite at any time, rather than a thousand thieves, it is better to expose all problems through appropriate means, after the problem is exposed, in order to solve the problem fundamentally.

After the problem is exposed, it may be sacrificed to calm the domestic situation with an iron fist, but it can avoid the possibility of future turmoil to the greatest extent, and completely destroy the enemy when he is not yet mature.

Thunder and rain are all heavenly blessings!

Whether it is the imminent thunder or the rain and dew after the thunder, the appropriate concessions after the tough can not only satisfy the enterprises, but also make the workers content, all of which can at least exchange for at least 30 years of stability for China!

Thirty years of stability!

It's all worth it...... Standing by the window of the train, Chen Moran once again persuaded himself in his heart, choose, life is always faced with such and such choices, this choice is right or wrong, perhaps, it can only be left to history to evaluate...... "This is my country's ......"

With a mutter, Chen Moran's eyes narrowed slightly, but the flashing look in his eyes was with a hint of coldness!

(To be continued)